linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix a race during split THP

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Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:46:33 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix a race during split THP

On Wed 28-10-20 15:43:46, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:25:19 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have noticed this fix and I do not see it in the mmotm tree.
> > Is there anything blocking this patch or it simply fall through cracks?
> 
> It's merged into mainline.  Perhaps the grammatical fixlet in
> the title tricked you...
> 
> commit c4f9c701f9b44299e6adbc58d1a4bb2c40383494
> Author:     Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> AuthorDate: Thu Oct 15 20:06:07 2020 -0700
> Commit:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> CommitDate: Fri Oct 16 11:11:15 2020 -0700
> 
>     mm: fix a race during THP splitting

Thanks! I was pretty sure I've checked for the acutal code but myabe I
was just looking incorrectly. Thanks for the clarification!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs