linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/page_owner: fix a crash after memory offline

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Message-Id: <668C1E6F-C119-4BFB-9B9E-7E5568453855@lca.pw>
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:07:34 -0400
From:   Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "mhocko@...e.com" <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/page_owner: fix a crash after memory offline

> On Oct 11, 2019, at 5:57 AM, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> You mean, I found the key to an unlimited amount of undetected BUGs, so I should fix them? ;)

No, it is more of for the sake of consistency, and the fact that all those bugs are only starting to show up only recently after applied to your series, so you will probably explain for a better changelog why that fact is not important.

> 
> In case you don't have time to explore all the dirty details, I can take it from here. Just let me know.

Indeed, I will appreciate that if I don’t need to dig all those dirty details again myself.