netdev - [PULL] virtio: last minute bugfix

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Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 17:28:01 +0200
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mhocko@...e.com, mst@...hat.com,
        penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp, wei.w.wang@...el.com
Subject: [PULL] virtio: last minute bugfix

We had a lot of trouble agreeing on a fix, but apparently there's
finally a consensus.

The following changes since commit 39dae59d66acd86d1de24294bd2f343fd5e7a625:

  Linux 4.14-rc8 (2017-11-05 13:05:14 -0800)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git tags/for_linus

for you to fetch changes up to 823b45b4f154384941d57e124ed726847e293b36:

  virtio_balloon: fix deadlock on OOM (2017-11-07 17:24:59 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
virtio: bugfix

Fixes a deadlock encountered with the virtio balloon.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

----------------------------------------------------------------
Michael S. Tsirkin (1):
      virtio_balloon: fix deadlock on OOM

 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c    | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 include/linux/balloon_compaction.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 mm/balloon_compaction.c            | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)