On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 08:02:44PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Felipe Contreras > <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We need to protect not only the dmm_map list, but the individual > > map_obj's, otherwise, we might be building the scatter-gather list with > > garbage. So, use the existing proc_lock for that. > > > > I observed race conditions which caused kernel panics while running > > stress tests. This patch fixes those. > > I just heard that Tuomas Kulve is getting a lot of panics on Gumstix > Overo. I propose we apply this patch on the stable tree ASAP, and if > there's no better proposals, also on .38. Um, I don't think you realize _how_ stable trees work, please go read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt to see how it is not possible to take something into the stable releases before it goes to Linus's tree. Sorry, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
