Thread (840 messages) 840 messages, 15 authors, 2021-07-20

Re: [PATCH 5.13 768/800] hugetlb: address ref count racing in prep_compound_gigantic_page

From: Mike Kravetz <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-13 21:38:48
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On 7/11/21 11:13 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
From: Mike Kravetz <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 7118fc2906e2925d7edb5ed9c8a57f2a5f23b849 ]
Please do not add or the requisite patch to stable tree.

Although this is a real potential issue, it was only found during code
inspection.  It has existed for more than 10 years and I am unaware of
anyone hitting this in actual use.  In addition, this proposed fix will
likely be updated/simplified based on more discussions.
-- 
Mike Kravetz
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