Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:57:26 -0700 (PDT) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: remap_file_pages doesn't like MAP_ANONYMOUS (but used to?) |
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, Kenny Simpson wrote: > --- On Sat, 3/19/11, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote: > > Thanks for reporting. It was a simple oversight: and > > until you came > > along, nobody noticed. Here's the patch, I'll pass it > > upstream shortly. > > Since this bug has existed for a while, could it be pushed back to the various stable/longterm branches as well? (as they all are affected) > > Many thanks on the quick response! Glad it was a simple oversight with an easy and obvious fix. > > thanks again! > -Kenny
It's a rare pleasure to be presented with such a straightforward bug!
stable/longterm: well, I don't mind asking akpm to add a Cc: stable, but don't be surprised if he prefers not: although it was a regression back in 2.6.23, it's not a security issue, and the lack of interest between then and now doesn't make a strong argument for it.
Andrew, if you're so inclined, please add a Cc: stable@kernel.org to [PATCH] shmem: let shared anonymous be nonlinear again
Thanks, Hugh | |