From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753301Ab3AYWJR (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:09:17 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:38021 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752969Ab3AYWJQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:09:16 -0500 Message-ID: <1359118913.3146.3.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: Bug#695182: [PATCH] Subtract min_free_kbytes from dirtyable memory From: Ben Hutchings To: paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au, 695182@bugs.debian.org Cc: minchan@kernel.org, psz@maths.usyd.edu.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:01:53 +0000 In-Reply-To: <201301250953.r0P9rOSe012192@como.maths.usyd.edu.au> References: <201301250953.r0P9rOSe012192@como.maths.usyd.edu.au> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-iFYjDGU4L+x/XuQ3FgUD" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 78.32.9.209 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-iFYjDGU4L+x/XuQ3FgUD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 20:53 +1100, paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote: > Dear Minchan, >=20 > > So what's the effect for user? > > ... > > It seems you saw old kernel. > > ... > > Current kernel includes ... > > So I think we don't need this patch. >=20 > As I understand now, my patch is "right" and needed for older kernels; > for newer kernels, the issue has been fixed in equivalent ways; it was > an oversight that the change was not backported; and any justification > you need, you can get from those "later better" patches. [...] If you can identify where it was fixed then your patch for older versions should go to stable with a reference to the upstream fix (see Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt). Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy? A. I don't know and I couldn't care less. --=-iFYjDGU4L+x/XuQ3FgUD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAUQKCQee/yOyVhhEJAQrv8w/+K0UfY/Du3BVyBlioflti6Woj1AI53pU3 6nCmPedozQADW/LYynQ5SlHyMJ+M7JZeOk9UKHD7TgvjIDTNKj54SweKIbpVFQI8 G9RxanI55W8yMblqnb9k5ud2t6Fxw/klJbNFNROkby+64+bZCc2tvIDRE8yuIrMR 8/dSqy+VEkCDYlrQLR1I3+dSAAkN4k0AWGaRng1FCcz2d4s2ki6H39mP0ahBfRMY xNgnC6erhUwKm1jK1CTpldd+2p2rufCspq24pUAJgPfc2GmlB28g+j7fcA0CuVxM dCnmfn2fGTGu3S5cntbKa64qjGqGgX5yY4xxQOpHAyYUhaUJPxpZCwRC6FPSp3q9 VJE45OoMbfsWT32cOGptVhckRNfws0pdZOvL5fjI1t62+p49k1Tu2mcerW5+Xfa2 R+mdbCTSCDBx+qZz8E6tS2PCx4dahfdTNc/dGIetG8wTc1YP+XnI3/KIXY/JHJhf 2WlNH0+PyHRSJ51n9+xhSFA10QpQWetZZ6IBsNC9nlSo7itLzdqix+8q72ZGPZyV IPFhaAWRBScXxCAn0+ECnb2dIN11y+pcUjArFq2DDPzvW3CjMH2EQxMAcYfbKO84 kCR1QbaZ2en4hcqV5hHgmLxFISP5d7BFzQvAjq2MII5c/Qxo9PdQqTH/Ce/WkmbB S0q0xmrs2SQ= =jd1m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-iFYjDGU4L+x/XuQ3FgUD--