linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm/hugetlb: Early cow on fork, and a few cleanups

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Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:45:49 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Gal Pressman <galpress@...zon.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Wei Zhang <wzam@...zon.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
        Kirill Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm/hugetlb: Early cow on fork, and a few cleanups

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:47 PM Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> As Jason and Wei pointed out, I think some userspace still got corrupted data
> without this series when using hugetlb backend.  I don't think it'll suite for
> a late RC release but it'll still be great if it can be considered as an early
> rc candidate, ideally rc1 of course.  If you prefer the other way, I can also
> repost it before 5.13 merge window opens.

I think with my merge window delay issue, you guys have the perfect
excuse for pushing it a bit late and it still hitting 5.12

                Linus