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Message-ID: <20240827-gebilde-zaudern-9b332d7cf0b6@brauner>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:56:07 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: djwong@...nel.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	p.raghav@...sung.com,
	dchinner@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iomap: remove set_memor_ro() on zero page

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:26:32 -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Stephen reported a boot failure on ppc power8 system where
> set_memor_ro() on the new zero page failed [0]. Christophe Leroy
> further clarifies we can't use this on on linear memory on ppc, and
> so instead of special casing this just for PowerPC [2] remove the
> call as suggested by Darrick.
> 
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240826175931.1989f99e@canb.auug.org.au/T/#u
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/b0fe75b4-c1bb-47f7-a7c3-2534b31c1780@csgroup.eu/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZszrJkFOpiy5rCma@bombadil.infradead.org/
> 
> [...]

Thank you for the quick fix!

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Applied to the vfs.blocksize branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.blocksize branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.blocksize

[1/1] iomap: remove set_memor_ro() on zero page
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/51eac77be01b