On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Michal Hocko wrote: > > This is concerning because it's merged in -mm without being tested by Eric > > and is marked for stable while violating the stable kernel rules criteria. > > Are you questioning the patch fixes the described issue? > > Please note that the exit_robust_list and PF_EXITING as a culprit has > been identified by Eric. Of course I would prefer if it was tested by > anybody who can reproduce it. You're saying the patch hasn't been tested by anybody and that clearly violates the first rule in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt: - It must be obviously correct and tested. Adding Greg to the cc if this should be clarified further. The patches getting proposed through -mm for stable boggles my mind sometimes. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>