Re: [PATCH 00/46] mm: various (urgent?) fixes

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 07:11:31 EST


On 10/27/26 00:17, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> Another set of fixes from the current batch that focuses on all core-mm
> things that won't be sent out separately by others. I decided to bundle
> these together as they are all over the place.
>
> I have some hugetlb stuff in the works which is pretty horrible
> (code wise ;) ), that I will send out once ready. Plus some
> low-prio migrate_device oddities + two core-mm things that need more
> thought.
>
> This is the biggest set of patches coming from me, so don't be
> scared ;)
>
> Once more, some of the stuff is more urgent than others. No fixes are
> crazy big and most are easy to review.
>
> The majority are again fixes from Anthropic that I cleaned up or reworked.
> While doing that, I found a bunch of other issues and tried to fix them
> somewhat cleanly.
>
> I gave it at least some basic testing on x86-64; more testing will be
> highly appreciated.
>
> This is based on akpm/mm-stable.
>
> As with the shmem fixes, please prioritize review of these fixes, I want
> to get fixes for the issues in a timely manner upstream.
>
> Thanks to everyone helping out with moving the flood of fixes forward :)

Thanks a lot everyone for the review.

I think I have tags on all except one fix:

[PATCH 42/46] mm/huge_memory: split huge PUDs when adjusting VMA boundaries

I'll likely send a v2 this evening/tomorrow and then try to get these things
into linux-next by picking that.

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Cheers,

David