Re: exit_mmap() BUG_ON triggering since 3.1

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Mar 05 2012 - 15:07:48 EST


On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:59:53 -0500
Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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?

I have it queued for 3.3. It's taking a while to get things into -next
at present because they're breaking things faster than I can fix them :(

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