Re: [PATCH 4.4 164/190] futex: Remove requirement for lock_page() in get_futex_key()

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Wed May 16 2018 - 10:06:01 EST


On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 20:36 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 4.4-stable review patch.ÂÂIf anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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> From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
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> commit 65d8fc777f6dcfee12785c057a6b57f679641c90 upstream.
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This causes regressions, fixed upstream by:

commit 077fa7aed17de5022e44bf07dbaf732078b7b5b2
Author: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Date:ÂÂÂWed Jun 8 14:25:22 2016 +0100

ÂÂÂÂfutex: Calculate the futex key based on a tail page for file-based futexes

commit 48fb6f4db940e92cfb16cd878cddd59ea6120d06
Author: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Date:ÂÂÂWed Aug 9 08:27:11 2017 +0100

ÂÂÂÂfutex: Remove unnecessary warning from get_futex_key

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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