linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] A couple hugetlbfs fixes

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Message-ID: <20190408194815.77d4mftojhkrgbhv@linux-r8p5>
Date:   Mon, 8 Apr 2019 12:48:15 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] A couple hugetlbfs fixes

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Mike Kravetz wrote:

>- A BUG can be triggered (not easily) due to temporarily mapping a
>  page before doing a COW.

But you actually _have_ seen it? Do you have the traces? I ask
not because of the patches perse, but because it would be nice
to have a real snipplet in the Changelog for patch 2.

Thanks,
Davidlohr