Re: [PATCH v3] virtio-balloon: Switch back to OOM handler for VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 18:03:05 EST




> Am 10.03.2020 um 22:25 schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> ïOn Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 08:13:19PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> Should this have:
>>>
>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.19+
>>
>> I guess as nothing will actually "crash" it's not worth stable.
>
>
> No - it's a regression, it would be a stable candidate from that POV.

AFAIK

â It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real security issue, or some âoh, thatâs not goodâ issue. In short, something critical.â

If this regression is that critical is debatable. But it doesnât matter as you correctly say, itâs too big :)