Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm/page_alloc: fixes for free_pages_nolock() on RT/UP
From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 15:33:37 EST
On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:03:57 +0000 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> First patch was originally part of a different series but Andrew asked
> for it to be separate:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260710170311.e22bfd21c658e8357ceddeec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Pre-existing bugs found by Sashiko during review of this other series:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-0-c87b714e19d3@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> I have not reproduced these bugs, and I suspect there is no real-world
> user that is affected by them.
Right, thanks. I'll stage these for the next merge window - no need to
rush these fixes into mainline.
And I staged them ahead of your "mm/page_alloc: rename FPI_TRYLOCK ->
FPI_NOLOCK", to lessen backporting hassles.