linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmstat: allocate vmstat

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:06:58 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Cristopher Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	LKP <lkp@...org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmstat: allocate vmstat_wq before it is used

On Fri 08-01-16 16:16:37, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > Was there confirmation this fixed the issue? Just verifying..
> 
> Oh, and Tetsuo claims that it needs a cc stable regardless, because
> the commit that caused this to appear was marked for stable and
> already got backported. Yes?

Yes, I have missed that the original patch got backported to 3.2 stable
tree. I do not see it in other branches.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs