Re: [PATCH 1/7] hugetlb: add missing unlock in avoidcopy path inhugetlb_cow()

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Fri Jul 02 2010 - 04:31:53 EST


On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 02:47:20PM +0900, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> This patch fixes possible deadlock in hugepage lock_page()
> by adding missing unlock_page().
>
> libhugetlbfs test will hit this bug when the next patch in this
> patchset ("hugetlb, HWPOISON: move PG_HWPoison bit check") is applied.

This looks like a general bug fix that should be merged ASAP?

Or do you think this cannot be hit at all without the other patches?

-Andi
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