linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs.git regression fix Re: Regression related to ipc shmctl compat

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Message-ID: <20170926014656.GY32076@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:46:56 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kyle Huey <me@...ehuey.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Robert O'Callahan <robert@...llahan.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git regression fix Re: Regression related to ipc
 shmctl compat

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 06:37:28PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> And I think your recent compat cleanup work actually made it worse,
> showing new warnings (including the one that was a real bug)

Actually, they are not new - try make C=2 ipc/compat.o on v4.13 and you'll
see their previous locations.

> Patch to at least fix the address space warnings in ipc/ attached.

Which tree do you prefer it to go through?  Direct to mainline, or vfs.git
#for-next?