linux-kernel - Re: a crash when running strace from persistent memory

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgmhDNm7+w0atqAj3X=izWxNut_4kQGTG8n=+HhtxEbRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Sep 2020 10:11:06 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Kirill Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: a crash when running strace from persistent memory

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 1:08 AM Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> I applied these four patches and strace works well. There is no longer any
> warning or crash.

Ok. I obviously approve of that series whole-heartedly, but I still
didn't want to apply it this way (and with this kind of "mid-rc"
timing).

I was hoping to just leave it for the next merge window, but there are
now two independent problems that that forced COW patch of mine
caused, and a plain revert isn't acceptable either, so I've just
applied that series to my tree despite the garbage timing.

Maybe I'm just making excuses and rationalizing because I wanted that
series anyway, and patches that remove lines in core code make me
happy, but I don't see other great alternatives.

              Linus