linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: fix a crash in do_task

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Message-ID: <c0b19bdd-c68f-3f1f-2cd2-1732e8a508b6@kernel.dk>
Date:   Sat, 8 Jun 2019 02:39:33 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@....de,
        oleg@...hat.com, gkohli@...eaurora.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix a crash in do_task_dead()

On 6/7/19 8:23 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 03:35:41PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 09:04:02AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> How about the following plan - if folks are happy with this sched patch,
>>> we can queue it up for 5.3. Once that is in, I'll kill the block change
>>> that special cases the polled task wakeup. For 5.2, we go with Oleg's
>>> patch for the swap case.
>>
>> OK, works for me. I'll go write a proper patch.
> 
> I now have the below; I'll queue that after the long weekend and let
> 0-day chew on it for a while and then push it out to tip or something.

LGTM, thanks Peter!

-- 
Jens Axboe