Re: [PATCH 0/15] mm: introduce ANON_VMA_LAZY for deferred anon_vma creation

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 10:25:05PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> I was excited when Lorenzo started working on a completely new approach that
> would focus on improving the common cases while trying to reduce the overall
> complexity. Because I think most of us really dislike anon_vma. It's still work
> in progress, and I am sure there are some rough edges.
>
> But fundamentally, I think we want to find a new design that is just naturally
> simpler.
>
> Lorenzo has been hard at work exploring various design options (and I'm afraid
> he might be one of the 3 people on this planet that understand anon_vma in full
> detail), so I suggest we wait for a redesign proposal from him and see if that
> is doable?

I'll spend the next month focusing on shipping something as a priority, even if
partial.

Thanks, Lorenzo