On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:23:33PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:16:31 +0000 "Wilcox, Matthew R" <matthew.r.wilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am quite shockingly ignorant of the MM code. While looking at this > > function to figure out how/whether to use it, I noticed the bug, and > > sent a patch. I assumed the gibberish in the changelog meant something > > important to people who actually understand this part of the kernel :-) > > Fair enough ;) Mel? The issue was theoritical in nature. The patch was meant to guarantee the PTE was in a known state. As I cannot think of a way it could trigger a bug I wouldn't consider it -stable material but Matthew's patch is still doing the expected thing. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- 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>