Re: shmem patches headsup: Re: [ANNOUNCE] xfs-linux: for-next updated to 9ee85f235efe

[Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 12:18:41PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote:
> > The for-next branch of the xfs-linux repository at:
> > 
> > 	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux.git
> > 
> > has just been updated.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Christoph Hellwig (17):
> >       [f23e079e024c] mm: move mapping_set_update out of <linux/swap.h>
> >       [604ee858a8c8] shmem: move shmem_mapping out of line
> >       [8481cd645af6] shmem: set a_ops earlier in shmem_symlink
> >       [9b4ec2cf0154] shmem: move the shmem_mapping assert into shmem_get_folio_gfp
> >       [36e3263c623a] shmem: export shmem_get_folio
> >       [74f6fd19195a] shmem: export shmem_kernel_file_setup
> >       [eb84b86441e3] shmem: document how to "persist" data when using shmem_*file_setup
> 
> I would have prefer an ACK or even a shared branch in the MM tree
> for these.  But as it's been impossible to get any feedback from
> the shmem and mm maintainer maybe this is the right thing to do.
> 
> Andrew, Hugh: can you commet if this is ok?

Each day I hope to reach looking at it.  I sincerely believed that
I would get to it yesterday, but no.  Later on today?  We shall see.

Hugh