linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: fix the deadlock in finish

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Message-ID: <20210718212814.suvziikndiyezi6m@box.shutemov.name>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:28:14 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hannes@...xchg.org,
        mhocko@...nel.org, vdavydov.dev@...il.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, songmuchun@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm: fix the deadlock in finish_fault()

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:30:27PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
> The commit 63f3655f9501(mm, memcg: fix reclaim deadlock with writeback)
> fix a deadlock bug by pre-allocating the pte page table outside of the
> page lock, the commit f9ce0be71d1f(mm: Cleanup faultaround and
> finish_fault() codepaths) rework the relevant code but ignore this race,
> fix it.
> 
> Fixes: f9ce0be71d1f(mm: Cleanup faultaround and finish_fault() codepaths)
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

and add stable@, please.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov