linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] mm: memfd

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Message-Id: <20260122073129.6fc316b1b11ebcfd8273629a@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:31:29 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Baolin Wang
 <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Pasha Tatashin
 <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] mm: memfd_luo hotfixes

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:18:38 +0100 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@...nel.org>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This series contains a couple of fixes for memfd preservation using LUO.

Good stuff.

> Andrew, it would be great if we can land these in v6.19, especially
> patches 1 and 2 since they fix a usability and a security problem. Patch
> 3 can wait, but then it is pretty simple too.

Absolutely.  Patches which fix material which was added in the current
cycle get the red carpet treatment.