Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:15:32 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] z3fold: fix stale list handling |
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:59:36 +0200 Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fix the situation when clear_bit() is called for page->private before > the page pointer is actually assigned. While at it, remove work_busy() > check because it is costly and does not give 100% guarantee anyway.
Does this fix https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196877 ? If so, the bugzilla references and a reported-by should be added.
What are the end-user visible effects of the bug? Please always include this info when fixing bugs.
Should this fix be backported into -stable kernels?
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