linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] fs/ecryptfs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:18:16 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] fs/ecryptfs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with
 kmap_local_page()

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 07:13:56PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On venerdì 30 giugno 2023 10:45:17 CEST Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:22:20 +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > kmap() and kmap_atomic() have been deprecated in favor of
> > > kmap_local_page().
> > > 
> > > Therefore, replace kmap() and kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page().
> > > 
> > > Tested in a QEMU/KVM x86_32 VM, 6GB RAM, booting a kernel with
> > > HIGHMEM64GB enabled.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Picking this up. Please tell me if this should be routed somewhere else.
> > vfs.misc will be rebased once v6.5-rc1 is released.
> 
> Christian,
> 
> v6.5-rc1 has been released since a while, but I can't yet see this series. Are 
> there problems with these patches that stop their merge?

Nothing stops them. I just planned to send all of this for v6.6. as I
didn't see a need to sent it earlier.

This message made neomutt crash like crazy btw. So I had to get create
to be able to reply to so hopefully that message gets through...