Re: kernel panic due to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2830bf6f05fb3e05bc4743274b806c821807a684

From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: robert shteynfeld <robert.shteynfeld@gmail.com>,
	Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@linux.ibm.com>,
	Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>,
	Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>,
	Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@oracle.com>,
	Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>,
	Bob Picco <bob.picco@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: kernel panic due to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2830bf6f05fb3e05bc4743274b806c821807a684
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:02:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190128190245.GV18811@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wh3iWk6nu1u2OZ9JeyM-aJ_nCm1tMihPir8Yu3Q08f4aA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon 28-01-19 10:42:25, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 3:44 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Linus, could you take the revert please?
> >
> > or should I post the patch as a reply to make your life easier?
> 
> I've taken that revert now, but yes, in general, it's much better if a
> patch is sent separately from the discussion as a very explicit patch
> (ie subject line has that usual "[PATCH] ..." format etc) simply
> because I get too much email and I can often miss things otherwise.
> Particularly inside a thread where the developers are discussing
> things, I go "ah, good, things are still being discussed" without
> looking any closer into the details.

Sure, I usually do it that way. I was just awaiting some review feedback
on the changelog first.

> That's particularly true when traveling - I only noticed this one on
> this second reminder email.. I'm home now, but Friday, when you sent
> it originally, was 45 hours long for me with 24 hours on airplanes and
> airports, so I had entirely missed the original email back then.

No problem. Andrew has already queued it as well so I guess he simply
drops it when it reaches your tree.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs