Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] Make core VMA operations internal and testable

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:32:05 +0100 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 08:27:55PM GMT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > There are a number of "core" VMA manipulation functions implemented in
> > mm/mmap.c, notably those concerning VMA merging, splitting, modifying,
> > expanding and shrinking, which logically don't belong there.
> [snip]
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Wondering if we're good to look at this going to mm-unstable? As this has
> had time to settle, and received R-b tags from Liam and Vlasta.
> 
> It'd be good to get it in, as it's kind of inviting merge conflicts
> otherwise and be good to get some certainty as to ordering for instance
> vs. Liam's upcoming MAP_FIXED series.
> 
> Also I have some further work I'd like to build on this :>)

It's really big and it's quite new and it's really late.  I think it best to await the
next -rc cycle, see how much grief it all causes.