Re: exit_mmap() BUG_ON triggering since 3.1

From: Josh Boyer
Date: Mon Mar 05 2012 - 15:00:00 EST


On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:09:29PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:53:32 -0800 (PST)
> > Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Subject: Re: exit_mmap() BUG_ON triggering since 3.1
> > > ...
> > > Subject: [PATCH] mm: thp: fix BUG on mm->nr_ptes
> >
> > So it's needed in 3.1.x and 3.2.x?
>
> Indeed it would be needed in -stable, thanks, I forgot to add that.
>
> And although Fedora only got reports from 3.1 onwards, I believe it
> would equally be needed in 3.0.x. 3.1.x is closed down now, but
> 3.0.x and 3.2.x are still open.
>
> I've not yet tried applying it to the latest of either of those: maybe
> it applies cleanly and correctly, but I could imagine movements too.
> But the first step, yes, is to Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I don't see this in linux-next, 3.3-rcX, the stable-queue, or really
anywhere at all at the moment. Did the patch get swallowed up by some
kind of evil code Eagle of Doom before making it into the safety of a
tree somewhere?

josh
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