linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix MA_STATE

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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:20:44 -0400
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
        Hailong Liu <hailong.liu@...o.com>, zhangpeng.00@...edance.com,
        Steve Kang <Steve.Kang@...soc.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix MA_STATE_PREALLOC issue

* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> [250616 19:24]:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:45:18 -0400 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Address the issue of reusing the same maple state for multiple
> > preallocations calls caused by MA_STATE_PREALLOC, and add a test for
> > this use case.
> > 
> > Included is a change to the testing code to reduce false positives in
> > the rcu race testing on faster machines.
> 
> I split this series into
> 
> - a standalone fix for 6.16-rcX and -stable.
> 
> - two standalone selftests patches for 6.17-rc1.
> 
> Is that OK?


Yes, should be fine.

Thanks for checking.
Liam