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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html