linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: add a gup_fixup_start

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 09:26:28 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: add a gup_fixup_start_addr hook

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:57:25AM -0600, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> Since untagging addresses is a generic need required for far more than
> gup, I prefer the way Andrey wrote it -
> <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10923637/>

Linus, what do you think of picking up that trivial prep patch for
5.2?  That way the arm64 and get_user_pages series can progress
independently for 5.3.