Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:18:35 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #14949] drm_vm.c:drm_mmap: possible circular locking dependency detected |
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On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 09:58:57PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > (Adding Greg to Cc:) > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 09:46:45PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Monday 01 February 2010, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > > > of recent regressions. > > > > > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > > > from 2.6.32. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > > > (either way). > > > > > > > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14949 > > > > Subject : drm_vm.c:drm_mmap: possible circular locking dependency detected > > > > Submitter : Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@googlemail.com> > > > > Date : 2009-12-26 9:45 (37 days old) > > > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126182073616279&w=4 > > > > Handled-By : Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> > > > > Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/70461/ > > > > > > Yes, this is fixed. > > > > Do you mean "fixed" as "the fix is in the Linus' tree" or "fixed" as "the > > patch fixed it for me"? > > Rather the second one, i.e. it fixes it for me. The patch is named > > sysfs-cache-the-last-sysfs_dirent-to-improve-readdir-scalability-v2.patch > > and is "stuck" in Greg's tree. Judging by the quilt series??, the patch > is slated for submission after 2.6.33. This late in the game for .32, > I'm guessing maybe a stable backport after .33 is out? > > [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/series
I'll mark it for stable, I'd prefer to wait for .33 to come out before sending it in.
thanks,
greg k-h
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