Re: [merged mm-hotfixes-stable] kho-init-alloc-tags-when-restoring-pages-from-reserved-memory.patch removed from -mm tree

[Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jan 20 2026, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:24:06 +0000 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> > The quilt patch titled
>> >      Subject: kho: init alloc tags when restoring pages from reserved memory
>> > has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
>> >      kho-init-alloc-tags-when-restoring-pages-from-reserved-memory.patch
>> >
>> > This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
>> > of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
>> 
>> This patch isn't quite complete. See [0]. It doesn't do anything wrong,
>> it just doesn't fix the problem for every case.
>> 
>> I suggested a re-roll of this patch based on top of my cleanup patches
>> [1], since I think with those the end result is a bit nicer.
>> 
>> I suppose we have 3 options:
>> 
>> 1. Take this patch in hotfixes and leave kho_restore_pages() path
>>    unfixed. The fix the rest next merge window.
>> 
>> 2. Do a new version of this patch fixing kho_restore_pages() with the
>>    current code, and then re-roll the clean up series to fix conflicts
>>    for next merge window.
>> 
>> 3. Pull in the cleanups in hotfixes too, and then do a new revision of
>>    this patch on top.
>> 
>> I don't think the end result of option 2 is too horrible, so I think
>> that is probably the best option, but do let me know what you'd prefer.
>
> No probs, I removed this patch from mm-hotfixes-stable and put it back
> into mm-hotfixes-unstable, with a note that an updated version is expected.

Thanks.

Ran, would you be able to send a fixup soon? We are at -rc6 and it would
be great if this can land in 6.19. If not, then I can take it up.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav