linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] mm: task_stack: Stack handling cleanups

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Message-Id: <20250829-fork-cleanups-for-dynstack-v1-0-3bbaadce1f00@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:44:39 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
 Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, 
 Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, 
 Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>, 
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 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, 
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, 
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 Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] mm: task_stack: Stack handling cleanups

These are some small cleanups for the fork code that was
split off from Pasha:s dynamic stack patch series, they
are generally nice on their own so let's propose them for
merging.

This will go through Andrews tree I suppose.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
---
Pasha Tatashin (2):
      fork: check charging success before zeroing stack
      task_stack.h: Clean-up stack_not_used() implementation

 kernel/exit.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 kernel/fork.c | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
change-id: 20250829-fork-cleanups-for-dynstack-2051bdf2a2ea

Best regards,
-- 
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>