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V" , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC V1 PATCH mm-hotfixes 2/3] x86/mm: define p*d_populate_kernel() and top-level page table sync Message-Id: <20250709141359.dc03e32a2319d85a25faaf32@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20250709131657.5660-3-harry.yoo@oracle.com> References: <20250709131657.5660-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com> <20250709131657.5660-3-harry.yoo@oracle.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam05 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 178D08000E X-Stat-Signature: 1cd465d9hs67i8gpmg5nstadnwytiack X-HE-Tag: 1752095642-113755 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX18qK5WKwo0GuZTSVi3I2ki0xTK1eO3gT0qjYkVnETKImHx9VphV5nd7T2jrpg5t+hoTC6wRwRpm78S62OIImq7ZypEyYwdSJcEi/E5WlDdwhdasEE3peExiJTYixzOa5os+BvWmy8/W/56PgvaHFEi83yysQAGhkUZGI9UFwMPd2xQMNILie40XjplPon6uJfa1c+wUWxS1MwpPjG5uYXDfTvf64MyumN/dQhDDbzOJB9mBj5de5ZMvpymLc6m3f6jkvhsWTPJQeSf1dsJT6GPzv1bb9QqpJpeQA+Gr1mWf82da32PXS6mkggjZfyAkbjpMdCdSdIurEpctKxU4U6kav7Fn3cBjhoXD+7J+1JMvj9MFg4rPmiwCaMoOL2Ns9p8O61NE5QVQhNWB69gavardZjj4ZcCcoxvdc7SOtKgP4Smee03MDSyb8UUYf9O2pmTxXAJY6Qcjm06fww6cB0L6OQN7YvjXEu5nWSYkbwHeRMeXYw//rlymTBy54Vrh0E5bGueNqZPHIyJxbkQLTq+qS4FZShFgxweYwzS/V3FX+OCV8qkjtfp1YQ2GRT/cNkpMczD/57p2Crc4kc0RZAIbCNucI7I1skL486uDEhOc3zOjP06huTQaDJ4nvnlAPyiGak97xFLdhhd/RZF9e0dajEjBkw/wUpDXHTjUGT7Y21RKNsxXlyJwvnXBhw10pFSh0YT4R6gyOkcIPKmUa1Hh4l+8oaESm/L0+MADaeznX60cmDGbTROKQ6BqOgoxmNYRNVMrVMJ9idzwcB2DM9rYloGUPRlkevsC2OajH5rQBXI80Jp32tDQJAE2kF+Io39IJVs1feVaVE1d5JzuTiBY1Iu65TJrFaxq76ScRrddKQN85oeWQ3YXD5Jlj7m1Lw9MN8ednq3z3MUlgPIHpygF+OlSLEJYM8K8iY1nHC8INAlhDA47bctxujVLScvvpcKXQDEGg+A aVnT4XDT Fx9J9zDBsMS2JW77BkVPyJFpuGeZ84xHIwUrWRKPs6Kd6RqgO2yX9K30VwXVBln7I1PKLOjvYuLAdlc3EmY5aC0XwAveFjsS2n4nIPRWErm0kczk= X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 22:16:56 +0900 Harry Yoo wrote: > Fixes: 4917f55b4ef9 ("mm/sparse-vmemmap: improve memory savings for compound devmaps") > Fixes: faf1c0008a33 ("x86/vmemmap: optimize for consecutive sections in partial populated PMDs") Fortunately both of these appeared in 6.9-rc7, which minimizes the problem with having more than one Fixes:. But still, the Fixes: is a pointer telling -stable maintainers where in the kernel history we want them to insert the patch(es). Giving them multiple insertions points is confusing! Can we narrow this down to a single Fixes:?