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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:57:57 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15 122/123] io_uring: move to separate directory
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 07:16:11PM +0530, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/12/22 6:48 pm, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit ed29b0b4fd835b058ddd151c49d021e28d631ee6 ]
> > 
> > In preparation for splitting io_uring up a bit, move it into its own
> > top level directory. It didn't really belong in fs/ anyway, as it's
> > not a file system only API.
> > 
> > This adds io_uring/ and moves the core files in there, and updates the
> > MAINTAINERS file for the new location.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> > Stable-dep-of: 998b30c3948e ("io_uring: Fix a null-ptr-deref in io_tctx_exit_cb()")
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just wanted to add a note: This change moved io_uring code to a different
> folder, this change is brought in to backport 998b30c3948e ("io_uring: Fix a
> null-ptr-deref in io_tctx_exit_cb()") for which we have a backport provided
> by Jens here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/24918edb-e6eb-a093-51cf-519c7ece88a3@kernel.dk/
> 
> I am not sure which is the preferred way, but just want to inform about
> this.

Moving the file is fine, it will make it easier over time to backport
changes.

thanks,

greg k-h