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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:45:49 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] mm/hugetlb: Early cow on fork, and a few cleanups
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
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On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:47 PM Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

I think with my merge window delay issue, you guys have the perfect
excuse for pushing it a bit late and it still hitting 5.12

                Linus