Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] mm, slab: call kvfree_rcu_barrier() from kmem_cache_destroy()

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Wed Feb 26 2025 - 10:57:29 EST


On 2/26/25 4:42 PM, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 03:36:39PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> On 2/26/25 3:31 PM, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 11:59:53AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>>>> On 2/25/25 7:21 PM, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> WQ_MEM_RECLAIM-patch fixes this for me:
>>>>
>>>> Sounds good, can you send a formal patch then?
>>>>
>>> Do you mean both? Test case and fix? I can :)
>>
>> Sure, but only the fix is for stable. Thanks!
>>
> It is taken by Gregg if there is a Fixes tag in the commit.
> What do you mean: the fix is for stable? The current Linus
> tree is not suffering from this?

I just meant the fix should be a Cc: stable, and the testcase not.
mm/ has an exception from "anything with Fixes: can be taken to stable"

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