Hi Hugh, On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:17:20 -0800 (PST) Hugh Dickins <hu...@google.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, a...@linux-foundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch titled > > Subject: mm/shmem: use kmem_cache_zalloc in shmem_alloc_inode() > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > mm-shmem-use-kmem_cache_zalloc-in-shmem_alloc_inode.patch > > > > This patch should soon appear at > > > > https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-shmem-use-kmem_cache_zalloc-in-shmem_alloc_inode.patch > > and later at > > > > https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-shmem-use-kmem_cache_zalloc-in-shmem_alloc_inode.patch > > > > Before you just go and hit "reply", please: > > a) Consider who else should be cc'ed > > b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well > > c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a > > reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's > > > > *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing > > your code *** > > > > The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated > > there every 3-4 working days > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > From: Hui Su <sh_...@163.com> > > Subject: mm/shmem: use kmem_cache_zalloc in shmem_alloc_inode() > > Andrew, Stephen, please revert this untested "cleanup" from your > trees a.s.a.p: it's a disaster for anyone using shmem/tmpfs.
Thanks for that. I have also bisected my boot failures to that commit and so have reverted it from linux-next today. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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