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

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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:45:32 -0400
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] convert the majority of file systems to
 mmap_prepare

On Mon, 2025-06-16 at 21:41 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 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?

Also, an entry for ->mmap_prepare in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
would be good.

I went there first to understand what the requirements of mmap_prepare
are, but there is nothing.
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>