linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] intel_th: avoid using deprecated page->mapping, index fields

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Message-ID: <Z-q5Gf57y9LEZcUE@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:47:37 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND] intel_th: avoid using deprecated
 page->mapping, index fields

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 01:56:08PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Greg, as we're late in merge window obviously now, could you roll up into
> 6.15-rc1? Thanks!
> 
> This does not require backporting, as this is a critical change for mm
> moving forward, as page->index,mapping are deprecated and will be entirely
> removed extremely soon.

"extremely soon" as in "There are four places in the kernel which
currently use page->index, and three of them are gone once Andrew
sends his pull requests".  So this will be the last user, assuming
nobody else decides to add a user of page->index in the meantime.