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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] Memory policy corruption fixes V2
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 05:36:29PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> This is a rebase with some small changes to Kosaki's "mempolicy memory
> corruption fixlet" series. I had expected that Kosaki would have revised
> the series by now but it's been waiting a long time.
>
> Changelog since V1
> o Rebase to 3.6-rc2
> o Editted some of the changelogs
> o Converted sp->lock to sp->mutex to close a race in shared_policy_replace()
> o Reworked the refcount imbalance fix slightly
> o Do not call mpol_put in shmem_alloc_page.
>
> I tested this with trinity with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB enabled and it passed. I
> did not test LTP such as Josh reported a problem with or with a database that
> used shared policies like Andi tested. The series is almost all Kosaki's
> work of course. If he has a revised series that simply got delayed in
> posting it should take precedence.

I meant to add Josh to the cc, adding him now.

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs


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