On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Michal Hocko wrote: > > This is concerning because it's merged in -mm without being tested by Eric > > and is marked for stable while violating the stable kernel rules criteria. > > Are you questioning the patch fixes the described issue? > > Please note that the exit_robust_list and PF_EXITING as a culprit has > been identified by Eric. Of course I would prefer if it was tested by > anybody who can reproduce it.
You're saying the patch hasn't been tested by anybody and that clearly violates the first rule in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt: - It must be obviously correct and tested. Adding Greg to the cc if this should be clarified further. The patches getting proposed through -mm for stable boggles my mind sometimes. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
