Re: [PATCH 0/8] Fix VMA tree modification under mmap read lock

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Mar 27 2023 - 15:35:24 EST


On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:55:24 -0400 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These patches have been in -next since next-20230301, and have received
> intensive testing in Android as part of the RCU page fault patchset.
> They were also sent as part of the "Per-VMA locks" v4 patch series.
> Patches 1 to 7 are bug fixes for RCU mode of the tree and patch 8 enables
> RCU mode for the tree.

What's happening here? I assume you've decided that the first 8
patches of the "Per-VMA locks v4" series should be fast-tracked into
6.3-rcX and backported? And we retain the rest of that series for
6.4-rc1?

Patch [3/8] hasn't come through to me, to linux-mm or to linux-kernel.