linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V9 0/7] Add NUMA mempolicy support for KVM guest-memfd

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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:07:34 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 0/7] Add NUMA mempolicy support for KVM guest-memfd

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 22.07.25 16:45, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > Just to clarify: this is based on Fuad's stage 1 and should probably still be
> > > tagged "RFC" until stage-1 is finally upstream.
> > > 
> > > (I was hoping stage-1 would go upstream in 6.17, but I am not sure yet if that is
> > > still feasible looking at the never-ending review)
> > 
> > 6.17 is very doable.
> 
> I like your optimism :)

I'm not optimistic, just incompetent.  I forgot what kernel we're on.  **6.18**
is very doable, 6.17 not so much.