linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/shmem: fix uninitialized folio in shmem

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Message-ID: <aVv546gOBw8VT-U_@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:50:27 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	syzbot+178fff6149127421c2cc@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/shmem: fix uninitialized folio in shmem_symlink

On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 08:58:08AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> Also JFYI the post-eof swapout zeroing work (still pending) looks to me
> like it would cover the swapout time case [1]. That's just if you wanted
> to go that route here; creation time zeroing for the large symlink case
> seems reasonable enough to me as well.

I think we should merge your patch series instead.