linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix kmap

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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 13:37:58 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: zhang.chuna@....com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Zhang Zhengming <zhang.zhengming@....com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, berlin@....com, jiaoxupo@....com,
 shaohaojize@....com, wang.yuI@....com, zhang.zhansheng@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix kmap_high deadlock V2

…
> this is some deadlock condition. I think it's necessary to give
> kmap_lock before call flush_tlb_kernel_range.
…

How do you think about to improve such a change description another bit?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc6#n94

Will the tag “Fixes” become relevant here?

The version identifier should be specified at an other place in the message subject.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc6#n668

Regards,
Markus