From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C4235478D for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:05:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774652704; cv=none; b=mUgk8zLVypvc35DQqyMhSuA+ycRHWi9Wb+rXdGNHUJ3wupaIFmMhGSt8JqYsyWgaBppB+ETvprUkSjjYfUiXR2+e8K5ia6thQJjU7b5603uLS9TmMiF52D2QrZd4C5GQ469sOEwju5mEwImLBbGfsn4T/nJYdxb1+Ep/CYZM6ec= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774652704; c=relaxed/simple; bh=qonTJvaj18aZxmrzkhz3b2NYmwaETU2b5HPDTYLps2s=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-Id; b=eQwoNOmDGM8XHDLugA+9ilvvCORJn8V/zAc21nyLmRaHUox/OWA2QQSQQD1S24+M86GA68XzLBcbUPwWzPZBwrGJWPT8vZfw3yJC5FZFGpZUJKDGMp8STQds+JvSfNnTJ/FMe0OBJebVTvLbU6wprJpla7o9DGf2dmhPiPNBAec= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b=uUddNsd6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux-foundation.org header.i=@linux-foundation.org header.b="uUddNsd6" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CED38C19423; Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:05:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1774652703; bh=qonTJvaj18aZxmrzkhz3b2NYmwaETU2b5HPDTYLps2s=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:From; b=uUddNsd6HCOaeK70FofJRCeJjWxPFVcu/9XVu0dtJX/LOLODsF0ULpBDMCsWsddks fSRamoqYFPlPy+4N9833W0iw8v6HySPodJUQLQGkbJWP0n5qPyNyQmjyZkVPGA575O 4lFK6gAT+wriuPo2INZ/F/24zS3IP9pF/Wu0078E= Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:05:03 -0700 To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,surenb@google.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org From: Andrew Morton Subject: [to-be-updated] kvm-ppc-use-vma_start_write_killable-in-kvmppc_memslot_page_merge.patch removed from -mm tree Message-Id: <20260327230503.CED38C19423@smtp.kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: The quilt patch titled Subject: KVM: PPC: use vma_start_write_killable() in kvmppc_memslot_page_merge() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kvm-ppc-use-vma_start_write_killable-in-kvmppc_memslot_page_merge.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued ------------------------------------------------------ From: Suren Baghdasaryan Subject: KVM: PPC: use vma_start_write_killable() in kvmppc_memslot_page_merge() Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:08:36 -0700 Replace vma_start_write() with vma_start_write_killable(), improving reaction time to the kill signal. Replace vma_start_write() in kvmppc_memslot_page_merge(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260326080836.695207-7-surenb@google.com Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) Cc: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Alistair Popple Cc: Baolin Wang Cc: Barry Song Cc: Byungchul Park Cc: Christian Borntraeger Cc: "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" Cc: Claudio Imbrenda Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: Dev Jain Cc: Gerald Schaefer Cc: Gregory Price Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: "Huang, Ying" Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Janosch Frank Cc: Joshua Hahn Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Lance Yang Cc: Liam R. Howlett Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Matthew Brost Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mike Rapoport Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Nico Pache Cc: Pedro Falcato Cc: Rakie Kim Cc: Ryan Roberts Cc: Sven Schnelle Cc: Vasily Gorbik Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Zi Yan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c~kvm-ppc-use-vma_start_write_killable-in-kvmppc_memslot_page_merge +++ a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c @@ -410,7 +410,10 @@ static int kvmppc_memslot_page_merge(str ret = H_STATE; break; } - vma_start_write(vma); + if (vma_start_write_killable(vma)) { + ret = H_STATE; + break; + } /* Copy vm_flags to avoid partial modifications in ksm_madvise */ vm_flags = vma->vm_flags; ret = ksm_madvise(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@google.com are a.patch mm-vmscan-prevent-mglru-reclaim-from-pinning-address-space.patch