Just FYI: This patch landed upstream [1]. Thanks for all involved people.
- Sedat - [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=ecccd1248d6e6986130ffcc3b0d003cb46a485c0 On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Zlatko Calusic <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Zlatko Calusic <[email protected]> > > The unintended consequence of commit 4ae0a48b is that > wait_iff_congested() can now be called with NULL struct zone* > producing kernel oops like this: > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > IP: [<ffffffff811542d9>] wait_iff_congested+0x59/0x140 > > This trivial patch fixes it. > > Reported-by: Zhouping Liu <[email protected]> > Reported-and-tested-by: Sedat Dilek <[email protected]> > Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> > Cc: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> > Cc: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Zlatko Calusic <[email protected]> > --- > mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c > index 02bcfa3..e55ce55 100644 > --- a/mm/vmscan.c > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c > @@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ loop_again: > if (total_scanned && (sc.priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) { > if (has_under_min_watermark_zone) > count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT); > - else > + else if (unbalanced_zone) > wait_iff_congested(unbalanced_zone, > BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); > } > > -- > 1.8.1.rc3 > > -- > Zlatko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
