| Date | Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:49:37 -0500 | From | Johannes Weiner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3.14 102/122] mm + fs: prepare for non-page entries in page cache radix trees |
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:52:32PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > ------------------ > > From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> > > commit 0cd6144aadd2afd19d1aca880153530c52957604 upstream. > > shmem mappings already contain exceptional entries where swap slot > information is remembered. > > To be able to store eviction information for regular page cache, prepare > every site dealing with the radix trees directly to handle entries other > than pages.
I don't see the rest of the thrash-detection patches in this series. Without anybody actually planting "entries other than pages" in the radix trees, why is this needed in -stable?
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