Re: [PATCH memcg v3 3/3] memcg: prohibit unconditional exceeding the limit of dying tasks

[Michal Hocko]

On Wed 27-10-21 15:36:08, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:36:41 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > My view on stable backport is similar to the previous patch. If we want
> > to have it there then let's wait for some time to see whether there are
> > any fallouts as this patch depends on the PF_OOM change.
> 
> It's strange that [1/3] doesn't have cc:stable, but [2/3] and [3/3] do
> not.  What is the thinking here?
> 
> I expect we'd be OK with merging these into 5.16-rc1.  This still gives
> another couple of months in -rc to shake out any problems.  But I
> suspect the -stable maintainers will merge and release the patches
> before they are released in 5.16.
> 
> In which case an alternative would be not to mark these patches
> cc:stable and to somehow remember to ask the -stable maintainers to
> merge them after 5.16 has been on the streets for a suitable period.

My take on stable backports is http://lkml.kernel.org/r/YXZ6FMzJLEz4TA2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs