linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cpuset: fix a deadlock due to incomplete patching of cpusets

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Message-ID: <CAPz4a6AP_OBSFAf6e-S7C+KwDVJj-CHbs5QHe+jJH_R1_1Gc7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:41:56 -0700
From:   Dima Zavin <dmitriyz@...mo.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Cliff Spradlin <cspradlin@...mo.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpuset: fix a deadlock due to incomplete patching of cpusets_enabled()

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:46:08 -0700 Dima Zavin <dmitriyz@...mo.com> wrote:
>
>>  - Applied on top of v4.12 since one of the callers in page_alloc.c changed.
>>    Still only tested on v4.9.36 and compile tested against v4.12.
>
> That's a problem - this doesn't come close to applying on current
> mainline.  I can fix that I guess, but the result should be tested
> well.
>

I'll fix up for latest, and see if I can test it. I should be able to
boot vanilla with not too much trouble. May take a few days.