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

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Wed Apr 05 2023 - 13:50:21 EST


* Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [230405 05:53]:
>
> 在 2023/4/5 04:27, Andrew Morton 写道:
>
> > 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?
>
> Both [1/3] and [3/3] can be sent to the stable kernel, do I need to do anything?
>

Usually any bug fixes should have a commit message with:

Link: <any discussion>
Reported-by: <if necessary>
Fixes: <upstream commit>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
and the usual S-O-B, reviewed-by