[PATCH v14 0/8] mm/gup: Introduce memfd_pin_folios() for pinning memfd folios

[Kasireddy, Vivek]

Hi Gerd, Dave,

> 
> On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 01:13:11PM GMT, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > Hey
> >
> > Gerd, do you have any time to look at this series again, I think at
> > v14 we should probably consider landing it.
> 
> Phew.  Didn't follow recent MM changes closely, don't know much about
> folios beyond LWN coverage.  The changes look sane to my untrained eye,
> I wouldn't rate that a 'review' though.
> 
> The patch series structure looks a bit odd, with patch #5 adding hugetlb
> support, with the functions added being removed again in patch #7 after
> switching to folios.  But maybe regression testing the series is easier
> that way ...
Yes, regression testing is one reason. The other reason is to make it possible for
patches #4 and #5 to be backported to older stable kernels in order to add back
support for mapping hugetlbfs files without depending on folio related changes/patches.

> 
> Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com>
Thank you. Andrew has merged this series to his mm tree.

Thanks,
Vivek

> 
> take care,
>   Gerd