Re: backport commit ("739f79fc9db1 mm: memcontrol: fix NULL pointer crash in test_clear_page_writeback()") to linux-4.9-stable

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:34:07PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 04:57:47PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote:
> > Hi reviewers,
> > 
> > I suggest to backport commit "739f79fc9db1 mm: memcontrol: fix NULL
> > pointer crash in test_clear_page_writeback()" to linux-4.9 stable tree.
> > 
> > This email reports a NULL pointer crash in test_clear_page_writeback()
> > in android common kernel-4.9. There is a fix ("739f79fc9db1 mm:
> > memcontrol: fix NULL pointer crash in test_clear_page_writeback()") in
> > kernel-4.13.
> > 
> > 
> > commit: 739f79fc9db1b38f96b5a5109b247a650fbebf6d
> > subject: mm: memcontrol: fix NULL pointer crash in
> > test_clear_page_writeback()
> > kernel version to apply to: Linux-4.9
> 
> It does not apply cleanly to the 4.9.y tree, can you provide a working
> backport of it that I can apply?

Also be sure to cc: all of the people involved in that patch (the author
and the cc and signed-off-by list) so they can weigh in if they do not
feel that this patch should be backported to the older kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h



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