linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] mm/hwpoison: fix race between hugetlb free/demotion and memory_failure

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Message-ID: <20220409023124.GA1649696@u2004>
Date:   Sat, 9 Apr 2022 11:31:24 +0900
From:   Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] mm/hwpoison: fix race between hugetlb
 free/demotion and memory_failure_hugetlb()

On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 04:47:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri,  8 Apr 2022 22:53:20 +0900 Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev> wrote:
> 
> > I updated v7 (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20220407112929.1344748-1-naoya.horiguchi@linux.dev/)
> > based on the comment from Miaohe Lin.  Now I have a few additional patches.
> > Any comments and suggestions are welcomed.
> 
> As [1/3] is cc:stable I queued that for 5.18-rcX and the other two
> patches I queued for 5.19.
> 
> This plan means that [1/3] will be merged into mainline without the
> other two patches yet present, which is a combination which you may not
> have tested.  Please confirm that this will be OK?

Yes, the plan is fine to me.
I've tested the kernel with all 3 patched, but 2/3 and 3/3 are simple and
the effect should be predictable.  I'll test only with 1/3 next week.

Thanks,
Naoya Horiguchi