linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/gup: make __gup_longterm

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Message-ID: <20201210195333.GZ5487@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:53:33 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/gup: make __gup_longterm_locked common

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 01:57:20PM -0500, Pavel Tatashin wrote:

> Thank you. Yes, this series should be backported, but I am not sure
> what to do about Jason's patch. Perhaps, in the next version I will
> send out this series together with his patch.

You need to send out patches that can be applied on top of linux-next,
at this point the window to go to rc kernels is done.

When you eventually want this back ported to stables then suggest they
take my patch as a pre-requisite.

Jason