Re: [linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung indefinitely

From	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung indefinitely
Date	2017-08-21 14:00 +0200
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Hi Michal,

On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:50:01 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> commit 69885605ee3ba681deb54021e3df645f46589ba1
> Author: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Date:   Mon Aug 21 09:46:04 2017 +0200
> 
>     mmotm: mm-page_alloc-rip-out-zonelist_order_zone-fix
>     
>     Abdul has noticed that reading sysctl vm.numa_zonelist_order
>     read will never terminate. This is because of
>     http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170714080006.7250-2-mhocko@kernel.org
>     where the reading side doesn't update ppos and so the reader will
>     never get 0. Return back to proc_dostring which does all the necessary
>     stuff.
>     
>     Reported-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

I have added that to linux-next for tomorrow.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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[linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung indefinitely Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-08-19 12:30 +0200
  Re: [linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung indefinitely Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-08-21 10:00 +0200
    Re: [linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung indefinitely Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-08-21 10:50 +0200
    Re: [linux-next][bisected c64e09ce] sysctl command hung  indefinitely Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2017-08-21 14:00 +0200

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