Re: + mm-hugetlb-fix-race-when-migrate-pages.patch added to -mm tree

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On Sat 30-07-16 14:33:18, zhong jiang wrote:
> On 2016/7/29 19:27, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 21-07-16 09:43:40, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >> We have further discussed the patch and I believe it is not correct. See [1].
> >> I am proposing the following alternative.
> > Andrew, please drop the mm-hugetlb-fix-race-when-migrate-pages.patch. It
> > is clearly racy. Whether the BUG_ON update is really the right and
> > sufficient fix is not 100% clear yet and we are waiting for Zhong Jiang
> > testing.
>
> The issue is very hard to recur.  Without attaching any patch to
> kernel code. up to now, it still not happens to it.

Hmm, OK. So what do you propose? Are you OK with the BUG_ON change or do
you think that this needs a deeper fix?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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