linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] vfs.git pile 3

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Message-ID: <YvKIIa+2bTRWXuE+@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 9 Aug 2022 17:15:29 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull] vfs.git pile 3 - dcache

On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 06:00:17PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08 2022 at 15:43, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > But the kmap code may be so special that nothing else has _that_
> > particular issue.
> 
> We just want to get rid of kmap_atomic() completely. I'll go and find
> minions.

Be sure to coordinate with Ira & Fabio who are working on this.