linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: event: core: Change return type to vm_fault

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Message-ID: <20180517142731.GV12217@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 17 May 2018 16:27:31 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: event: core: Change return type to vm_fault_t

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 07:55:13PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> >>> I'm fine with the patch, but shouldn't this be part of a larger series /
> >>> cocinelle script?
> >>>
> >>
> >> This one is trivial but many others are not.
> >> As part of this clean up we have fixed many
> >> existing bugs in fault handlers of drivers/
> >> file systems. Also we are replacing existing
> >> vm_insert_foo() with new vmf_insert_foo()
> >> in fault handlers (wherever applicable).
> >> Refer - 1c8f422059ae5da07db7406ab916203f9417e396
> >> in 4.17-rc1
> >
> > Any further comment on this patch ?
> 
> Peter, if no further comment, we would like to get this patch
> in queue for 4.18.

Nah, I still think you're doing this wrong by trickling single patches,
but have at.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>