linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Add dead node check in mas_dup

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Message-ID: <aVx4PjdhG31LfjuA@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 02:49:34 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Boudewijn van der Heide <boudewijn@...ta-utec.com>,
	Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, aliceryhl@...gle.com,
	andrewjballance@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Add dead node check in mas_dup_alloc()

On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 05:33:50PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Great, thanks, I added all that to the changelog and queued this in
> mm.git as a hotfix, for runtime testing and pending reviewer input.

Surely this should just be a lockdep assertion that the appropriate
locks are held?