linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] convert the majority of file systems to mmap

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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:41:49 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] convert the majority of file systems to
 mmap_prepare

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 08:33:19PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> REVIEWER'S NOTES
> ================
> 
> I am basing this on the mm-new branch in Andrew's tree, so let me know if I
> should rebase anything here. Given the mm bits touched I did think perhaps
> we should take it through the mm tree, however it may be more sensible to
> take it through an fs tree - let me know!
> 
> Apologies for the noise/churn, but there are some prerequisite steps here
> that inform an ordering - "fs: consistently use file_has_valid_mmap_hooks()
> helper" being especially critical, and so I put the bulk of the work in the
> same series.
> 
> Let me know if there's anything I can do to make life easier here.

Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst?