Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:33:34 -0700
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Robert Love <rlove@google.com>
Cc: Shankar Brahadeeswaran <shankoo77@gmail.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Bringert <bringert@google.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>, Anjana V Kumar <anjanavk12@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] staging: android: ashmem: Deadlock during ashmem_shrink
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:32:54PM -0400, Robert Love wrote:
> > After this experiment, I too think that this patch (returning from
> > ashmem_shrink if the lock is not available) is good enough and does
> > not seem to have any major side effects.
> >
> > PS: Any plans of submitting this patch formally?
> 
> Sure. Greg? :)

I'll be glad to take it if you resend it in a format that I can apply it
in :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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