The patch titled Subject: proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read-fix has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read-fix.patch This patch was dropped because it was folded into proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read.patch ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read-fix fix locking bug reported by Tetsuo Handa Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c~proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read-fix +++ a/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __use } out: - up_write(&kclist_lock); + up_read(&kclist_lock); if (ret) return ret; return orig_buflen - buflen; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-zero-out-the-vma-in-vma_init.patch proc-kcore-hold-lock-during-read.patch kernel-hung_taskc-allow-to-set-checking-interval-separately-from-timeout-fix.patch fs-epoll-robustify-irq-safety-with-lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled-fix.patch checkpatch-check-for-if-0-if-1-fix.patch checkpatch-warn-when-a-patch-doesnt-have-a-description-fix.patch fs-epoll-simply-config_net_rx_busy_poll-ifdefery-fix.patch