Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Some fixes and cleanup for maple tree.

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Tue Apr 04 2023 - 20:49:56 EST


* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [230404 16:27]:
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:42:00 +0800 Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Some fixes and clean up for maple tree.
> >
> > The bug fixed by [PATCH v2 1/3] does not seem to be triggered due to some
> > coincidences, because now the implementation of mtree_lookup_walk() scans
> > pivots one by one and exits the loop early. The test cases for the bugs fixed by
> > [PATCH v2 3/3] are difficult to write. If I think of how to write them later,
> > I will send them out. So I send out the second edition first.
>
> Do we feel that any of these should be backported into -stable kernels?
> [3/3] looks to be a candidate for this?

1 and 3 are fixes and should be sent to stable.

2 doesn't fix anything so I'm not sure how we could get it to be taken.