linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.6.y 0/2] riscv: mm: Backport of mmap hint address fixes

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Message-ID: <2025100812-raven-goes-4fd8@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 12:20:26 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Vivian Wang <wangruikang@...as.ac.cn>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>,
	Yangyu Chen <cyy@...self.name>, Han Gao <rabenda.cn@...il.com>,
	Icenowy Zheng <uwu@...nowy.me>, Inochi Amaoto <inochiama@...il.com>,
	Yao Zi <ziyao@...root.org>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.6.y 0/2] riscv: mm: Backport of mmap hint address fixes

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 03:50:15PM +0800, Vivian Wang wrote:
> Backport of the two riscv mmap patches from master. In effect, these two
> patches removes arch_get_mmap_{base,end} for riscv.

Why is this needed?  What bug does this fix?

thanks,

greg k-h