linux-kernel - Re: mm, vmstat: kernel BUG at mm/vmstat.c:1408!

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Message-ID: <20160122161201.GC19465@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:12:02 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: mm, vmstat: kernel BUG at mm/vmstat.c:1408!

On Fri 22-01-16 10:07:01, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> > Wouldn't it be much more easier and simply get rid of the VM_BUG_ON?
> > What is the point of keeping it in the first place. The code can
> > perfectly cope with the race.
> 
> Ok then lets do that.

Could you repost the patch with the updated description?

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs