Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in the stack

From	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in the stack
Date	2017-07-05 21:00 +0200
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On Wed 05-07-17 11:35:51, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dohh, that was on mmotm which has a clean up by Oleg which reorganizes
> > the code a bit. This is on top of the current master
> 
> Oh, ok. I think I know which patch from Oleg you're talking about.
> 
> Since I do want that patch too, and since I'd hate to cause
> unnecessary merge conflicts in this area, how about we just plan on
> letting your original patch (on top of Oleg's) go through Andrew and
> the -mm tree? I'll get it that way, and it's not like this is
> timing-critical.

That would lead to conflicts when backporting to stable trees though
which is quite annoying as well and arguably slightly more annoying than
resolving this in mmotm. I can help to rebase Oleg's patch on top of
mine which is not a stable material.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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[PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in the stack Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-07-05 19:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in  the stack Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-07-05 19:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-07-05 20:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in  the stack Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-07-05 20:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-07-05 21:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in  the stack Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-07-05 21:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> - 2017-07-05 21:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-07-05 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-07-05 23:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes in  the stack Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-07-05 23:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] mm: mm, mmap: do not blow on PROT_NONE MAP_FIXED holes  in the stack Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-07-06 08:50 +0200

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