linux-kernel - Re: Q. drm/i915 shrinker, synchronize_rcu

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Message-ID: <87zid9ybhv.fsf@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:07:56 +0300
From:   Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
To:     "J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05g@...il.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        chris@...is-wilson.co.uk, daniel.vetter@...ll.ch,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q. drm/i915 shrinker, synchronize_rcu_expedited() from handlers

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, "J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05g@...il.com> wrote:
> Thanx, I got linux-v4.12-rc4 and it contains
> 	4681ee2 2017-05-18 drm/i915: Do not sync RCU during shrinking
>
> How about v4.11.x series?
> I got v4.11.5, but it doesn't contain the fix.
> Do you have a plan?

The upstream commit has the proper Cc: stable and Fixes: tags in place,
it just takes a while for the patches to trickle to stable kernels.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center