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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:42:17 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] powerpc/pseries: remove the ppc-cmm file system
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 04:29:51PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 04:53:42PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Just use the generic anon_inode file system.
> 
> Umm...  The only problem I see here is the lifetime rules for
> that module, and that's not something introduced in this patchset.
> Said that, looks like the logics around that place is duplicated in
> cmm.c, vmw_balloon.c and virtion_balloon.c and I wonder if it would
> be better off with a helper in mm/balloon.c to be used for that setup...

Independ of all other discussions untangling that mess does seem
very useful.