linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 0/4] mm: Enable conversion of powerpc to default topdown mmap layout

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Date:   Fri, 8 Apr 2022 20:25:16 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/4] mm: Enable conversion of powerpc to default
 topdown mmap layout

On Fri,  8 Apr 2022 09:24:58 +0200 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> wrote:

> Rebased on top of Linux 5.18-rc1
> 
> This is the mm part of the series that converts powerpc to default
> topdown mmap layout, for merge into v5.18

We're at 5.18-rc1.  The 5.18 merge window has closed and we're in
fixes-only mode.

If there's a case to be made that these patches are needed by 5.18
users then please let's make that case.  Otherwise, this is 5.19-rc1 material.

And if it is indeed all 5.19-rc1 material, then please carry all four
in the powerpc tree with Acked-by: Andrew Morton
<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>.

Also, [4/4] has a cc:stable.  This is a bit odd because -stable
candidates should be standalone patches, staged ahead of all
for-next-merge-window material, so we can get them merged up quickly.

More oddly, [4/4]'s changelog provides no explanation for why the patch
should be considered for backporting.