Re: [PATCH v2] mm: swap: prevent possible data-race in __try_to_reclaim_swap

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:08:29 +0900 Jeongjun Park <aha310510@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> As far as I can see, commit 862590ac3708 was applied starting
> >> from 6.12-rc1, so it looks like no additional commits are needed
> >> for the stable version.
> > 
> > Hi, sorry for the confusion, I meant mm-stable, not the stable branch.
> > It's better to merge this in 6.12.
> 
> I agree with you. I think this vulnerability should be fixed quickly,
> so it should be applied directly to the next rc version, not the
> next tree. However, this vulnerability does not affect the stable 
> version, so I think it is appropriate to move this patch to the
> mm-hotfixes-unstable tree.
> 
> What do you think, Andrew?

I moved it into the mm-hotfixes branch for a 6.12 merge.