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Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 20:46:55 -0500
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm/hugetlb: Early cow on fork, and a few cleanups
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On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 04:28:46PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 09:11:51 -0500 Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 06:35:42PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > v5:
> > > - patch 4: change "int cow" into "bool cow"
> > > - collect r-bs for Jason
> > 
> > Andrew,
> > 
> > I just noticed 5.12-rc1 has released; is this series still possible to make it
> > for 5.12, or needs to wait for 5.13?
> > 
> 
> It has taken a while to settle down.  What is the case for
> fast-tracking it into 5.12?

Andrew,

As Jason and Wei pointed out, I think some userspace still got corrupted data
without this series when using hugetlb backend.  I don't think it'll suite for
a late RC release but it'll still be great if it can be considered as an early
rc candidate, ideally rc1 of course.  If you prefer the other way, I can also
repost it before 5.13 merge window opens.

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu