Re: + mm-page_alloc-protect-pcp-lists-with-a-spinlock-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

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On 7/8/22 09:41, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 12:21:45AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> > Subject: mm-page_alloc-protect-pcp-lists-with-a-spinlock-fix
>> >> > Date: Thu Jul  7 01:06:35 PM PDT 2022
>> >> >
>> >> > add missing local_unlock_irqrestore() on contention path
>> >>
>> >> Doh, that's true and something to fix, although patch 7 did remove the bug
>> >> later in the same series so that wouldn't explain the lkp report for patch
>> >> 7. The reason lkp test robot complained was AFAICS that it was testing v4,
>> >> as I just replied there.
>> > 
>> > Sorry I didn't bother to reply until now: it did test v5, at this
>> > commit, not the whole series.
>> 
>> I meant this report that appears to be for v4 (full series including patch 7):
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/YsFk%2FqU+QtWun04h@xsang-OptiPlex-9020/ 
>> That reported a bug due to missing unpin that was previously reported for v4
>> and fixed in v5.
>> 
>> I'm not aware of a lkp report for v5 (found only Dan's) but yeah, hitting
>> the (similar but not identical) bug fixed by this -fix would indeed be
>> possible in v5 if patch 7 was not applied.
> 
> My report is the LKP report?

Oh, right, sorry, I missed that the mail from you contains also Reported-by:
kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

> Some of the Smatch warnings from LKP get sent to me and then I look them
> over and either delete them or hit forward.  I don't have visibility
> into the LKP process more than just looking over the warnings so I can't
> say how it picks which patches to test off the mailing list.

Thanks for the clarification!
Vlastimil

> regards,
> dan carpenter




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