linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] android: binder: use VM

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:51:35 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Cc:     Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] android: binder: use VM_ALLOC to get vm area

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:09:53AM +0800, Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
> Hi, Martijn
> 
> 2018-01-24 22:33 GMT+08:00 Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>:
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >> Martijn and Todd, any objections to this patch?
> >
> > Looks good to me.
> 
> Thanks for your review.
> 
> Should I cherry-pick this change to aosp kernel 3.10/3.18/4.4/4.9 now?

If you need it "right now", sure.  Otherwise if you can wait 2 weeks, it
will automatically show up in the 3.18/4.4/4.9/4.14 android-common
branches as part of the stable kernel updates.

It's your choice, but either way to get it into 3.10, you will need to
submit it to AOSP.

thanks,

greg k-h