linux-kernel - Re: mm: change huge_ptep_clear_flush() to return the original pte

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Date:   Thu, 26 May 2022 20:42:54 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: mm: change huge_ptep_clear_flush() to return the original pte

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 8:36 PM Baolin Wang
<baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>
> That is caused by commit:
>
> 00df1f1a133b ("mm: change huge_ptep_clear_flush() to return the original
> pte")
>
> interacting with commit:
>
> fb396bb459c1 ("arm64/hugetlb: Drop TLB flush from get_clear_flush()")
>
> And Catalin has fixed the conflict with below changes [1], not sure why
> it is not merged.

Argh. Nobody informed me (or if they did, I clearly missed it).

> Linus, should I send a proper patch to fix this conflict for you?

Yeah, somebody please send me a proper tested fix-up patch with commit
message etc.

Thanks,

              Linus