linux-kernel - Re: remove the last set_fs() in common code, and remove it for x86 and powerpc v3

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Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 08:49:50 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: remove the last set_fs() in common code, and remove it for x86
 and powerpc v3

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 7:22 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> [Note to Linus: I'd like to get this into linux-next rather earlier
> than later.  Do you think it is ok to add this tree to linux-next?]

This whole series looks really good to me now, with each patch looking
like a clear cleanup on its own.

So ack on the whole series, and yes, please get this into linux-next
and ready for 5.10. Whether through Al or something else.

Thanks,

               Linus