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

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 02:38:26PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 7/11/21 11:13 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > [ 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.

Now dropped from all queues, thanks.

greg k-h