Re: [merged mm-stable] zram-clear-idle-flag-in-mark_idle.patch removed from -mm tree

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On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 3:28 AM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The quilt patch titled
>      Subject: zram: clear IDLE flag in mark_idle()
> has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
>      zram-clear-idle-flag-in-mark_idle.patch
>
> This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
> of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

I think this also needs to be Cc'd to stable.

>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: zram: clear IDLE flag in mark_idle()
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:36:15 +0900
>
> If entry does not fulfill current mark_idle() parameters, e.g.  cutoff
> time, then we should clear its ZRAM_IDLE from previous mark_idle()
> invocations.
>
> Consider the following case:
> - mark_idle() cutoff time 8h
> - mark_idle() cutoff time 4h
> - writeback() idle - will writeback entries with cutoff time 8h,
>   while it should only pick entries with cutoff time 4h
>
> The bug was reported by Shin Kawamura.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241028153629.1479791-3-senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 755804d16965 ("zram: introduce an aged idle interface")
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Shin Kawamura <kawasin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c~zram-clear-idle-flag-in-mark_idle
> +++ a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> @@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ static void mark_idle(struct zram *zram,
>  #endif
>                 if (is_idle)
>                         zram_set_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_IDLE);
> +               else
> +                       zram_clear_flag(zram, index, ZRAM_IDLE);
>                 zram_slot_unlock(zram, index);
>         }
>  }
> _
>
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
>
>





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