Hi Andrew, On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 08:35:40PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > The patch titled > Subject: ucounts: move kfree() out of critical zone protected by ucounts_lock > has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is > ucounts-move-kfree-out-of-critical-zone-protected-by-ucounts_lock.patch > > This patch will shortly appear at > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ucounts-move-kfree-out-of-critical-zone-protected-by-ucounts_lock.patch > > This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm > > Before you just go and hit "reply", please: > a) Consider who else should be cc'ed > b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well > c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a > reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's > > *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** > > The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything > branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm > and is updated there every 2-3 working days > > ------------------------------------------------------ > From: MengEn Sun <mengensun@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: ucounts: move kfree() out of critical zone protected by ucounts_lock > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 22:32:45 +0800 > > Although kfree is a non-sleep function, it is possible to enter a long > chain of calls probabilistically, so it looks better to move kfree from > alloc_ucounts() out of the critical zone of ucounts_lock. > > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1733149965-749-1-git-send-email-mengensun@xxxxxxxxxxx Clicking the link returns: Message-ID <1733149965-749-1-git-send-email-mengensun@xxxxxxxxxxx> not found
