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SubjectRe: [ 101/175] mm: vmscan: forcibly scan highmem if there are too many buffer_heads pinning highmem
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On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 13:31 -0700, Mel Gorman wrote:
[...]
> > > Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42578
> > [...]
> >
> > but this bug was reported against 3.1.9, so the fix is presumably needed
> > for 3.2 at least.
> >
> > Presumably the upstream change doesn't apply cleanly and would need to
> > be backported. Is anyone planning to do that?
> >
>
> It probably does not apply cleanly and considering how the bug is
> triggered I was not treating it as a high priority. Nikola Ciprich
> (added to cc) had said that he might try backporting it and I would
> review the result. I have not heard anything since. I can take a look at
> backporting it next week if it is considered a common problem.

I really don't know; I'm happy to leave it to you and the other mm
maintainers to decide if it's worthwhile.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.
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