Re: + mm-compaction-split-freepages-without-holding-the-zone-lock-fix.patch added to -mm tree

From: Joonsoo Kim
Date: Tue Jun 21 2016 - 20:33:16 EST


On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 04:14:28PM -0700, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The patch titled
> Subject: mm/compaction: split freepages without holding the zone lock fix
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> mm-compaction-split-freepages-without-holding-the-zone-lock-fix.patch
>
> This patch should soon appear at
> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-compaction-split-freepages-without-holding-the-zone-lock-fix.patch
> and later at
> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-compaction-split-freepages-without-holding-the-zone-lock-fix.patch
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mm/compaction: split freepages without holding the zone lock fix
>
> If __isolate_free_page() fails, avoid adding to freelist so we don't call
> map_pages() with it.
>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.10.1606211447001.43430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I've sent the fix already. I don't care which patch is merged but I guess
below series would be merged more cleanly? It's up to Andrew.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466150259-27727-1-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx

Thanks.