[PATCH 0/8] Backported fixes for 4.4 stable tree
From: Ajay Kaher
Date: Mon Jul 22 2019 - 23:07:46 EST
These patches include few backported fixes for the 4.4 stable
tree.
I would appreciate if you could kindly consider including them in the
next release.
Ajay
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[PATCH 1/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit f958d7b528b1:
mm: make page ref count overflow check tighter and more explicit
[PATCH 2/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit 88b1a17dfc3e:
mm: add 'try_get_page()' helper function
[PATCH 3/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit 7aef4172c795:
mm: handle PTE-mapped tail pages in gerneric fast gup implementaiton
[PATCH 4/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit a3e328556d41:
mm, gup: remove broken VM_BUG_ON_PAGE compound check for hugepages
[PATCH 5/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit d63206ee32b6:
mm, gup: ensure real head page is ref-counted when using hugepages
[PATCH 6/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit 8fde12ca79af:
mm: prevent get_user_pages() from overflowing page refcount
[PATCH 7/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit 7bf2d1df8082:
pipe: add pipe_buf_get() helper
[PATCH 8/8]:
Backporting of upstream commit 15fab63e1e57:
fs: prevent page refcount overflow in pipe_buf_get