Re: [PATCH v1] mempool: fix min_nr exceeding the elements array after concurrent resizes

From: Nickolai Zeldovich

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 12:45:51 EST


On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 11:46 AM Harry Yoo <harry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The bug looks valid in theory, not sure if how easily it can be
> reproduced in practice as resizing should be quite rare.
>
> (A bug is a bug and should be fixed, but no need to hurry in this case)

I agree; seems unlikely to happen, but might as well fix it at some point.

> So it's Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") ?

Yes; I didn't think it was useful to include this "catch-all" tag, but
technically, that's correct.

Thanks,

Nickolai.