linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/1] linux: mm_types: allow to modified the vm_flags in vm_area

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:34:15 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzopalazzodev@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, david@...hat.com,
        jhubbard@...dia.com, willy@...radead.org, jgg@...pe.ca,
        Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/1] linux: mm_types: allow to modified the
 vm_flags in vm_area_struct

On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 11:42:50PM +0100, Vincenzo Palazzo wrote:
> With 6.3-rc1 is not possible to build the following drivers
> 
> - nvidia, that the compilation returns the following errors

<snip>

> - vboxhost/7.0.6_OSE where the build fails with the following errors

Out-of-tree code needs to be fixed up all the time, this is their
responsibility, not the kernel's responsibility.  Please submit changes
to their codebases if you rely on these modules.

thanks,

greg k-h