Re: shmem patches headsup: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfs-linux: for-next updated to 9ee85f235efe

Hugh Dickins
2024-02-14T08:19:14Z

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 12:18:41PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote:
> > The for-next branch of the xfs-linux repository at:
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux.git
> >
> > has just been updated.
>
> <snip>
>
> > Christoph Hellwig (17):
> > [f23e079e024c] mm: move mapping_set_update out of <linux/swap.h>
> > [604ee858a8c8] shmem: move shmem_mapping out of line
> > [8481cd645af6] shmem: set a_ops earlier in shmem_symlink
> > [9b4ec2cf0154] shmem: move the shmem_mapping assert into shmem_get_folio_gfp
> > [36e3263c623a] shmem: export shmem_get_folio
> > [74f6fd19195a] shmem: export shmem_kernel_file_setup
> > [eb84b86441e3] shmem: document how to "persist" data when using shmem_*file_setup
>
> I would have prefer an ACK or even a shared branch in the MM tree
> for these. But as it's been impossible to get any feedback from
> the shmem and mm maintainer maybe this is the right thing to do.
>
> Andrew, Hugh: can you commet if this is ok?

Each day I hope to reach looking at it. I sincerely believed that
I would get to it yesterday, but no. Later on today? We shall see.

Hugh