Re: [stable, 3.16.x] 474750aba88817c53f39424e5567b8e4acc4b39b, vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:47:12PM +0200, Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> please add
> 
> "vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention"
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=474750aba88817c53f39424e5567b8e4acc4b39b
> 
> to the next kernel 3.16.y stable kernel queue

How does it fit the kernel stable rules?

> It also is and will be included in stable 3.12 kernel
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg59229.html

That huge list of patches have not been evaluated yet, I don't think it
has been merged.

> As a side-effect it might improve operation of ZFSonLinux:
> https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/2705

"might" is not a reason to include stuff in the stable kernel release,
please see Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for the rules to
follow.

greg k-h
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