From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
maple-tree@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>,
Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>,
Aishwarya.TCV@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 22/29] maple_tree: Use maple copy node for mas_wr_rebalance() operation
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:02:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130100212.61b66204717cecc40e8750cf@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vb2xas75xigzauqkfey7amtb6ux5oz4vnfxx7u7oks3nzbggy7@eaheqgwtwa34>
On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:42:49 -0500 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> wrote:
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [260127 18:16]:
> > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:05:48 +0000 Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 11:45:19AM -0500, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> > > > Stop using the maple big node for rebalance operations by changing to
> > > > more align with spanning store. The rebalance operation needs its own
> > > > data calculation in rebalance_data().
> > > >
> > > > In the event of too much data, the rebalance tries to push the data
> > > > using push_data_sib(). If there is insufficient data, the rebalance
> > > > operation will rebalance against a sibling (found with rebalance_sib()).
> > >
> > > I'm seeing a test failure in the LTP linkat02 test on arm64 which we're
> > > also seeing on a range of platforms in the Arm lab. A NULL pointer
> > > deference is generated handling the syscall in the updated code (log for
> > > the actual next-20260126 commit):
> >
> > Cool, thanks.
> >
> > Liam, I'll move this series back into mm-new to avoid disrupting
> > linux-next testing.
> >
> >
>
> I know you like fixup patches on larger sets, but I've done three things
> to the patch set now:
>
> 1. A small fix for this issue
> 2. Added a new test in its own patch for this issue
> 3. Cleaned up the old compiler pointer warning in a more readable way
>
> Would you like me to send the delta or a new patch set?
A new patchset works. I'll send my heres-what-changed-since v2 email to
aid people who reviewed v2 and so you can scan it and think "yup, I
meant to do that".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-30 18:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 16:44 [PATCH v2 00/29] maple_tree: Replace big node with maple copy Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 01/29] maple_tree: Fix mas_dup_alloc() sparse warning Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 02/29] maple_tree: Move mas_spanning_rebalance loop to function Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/29] maple_tree: Extract use of big node from mas_wr_spanning_store() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/29] maple_tree: Remove unnecessary assignment of orig_l index Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/29] maple_tree: inline mas_spanning_rebalance() into mas_wr_spanning_rebalance() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/29] maple_tree: Make ma_wr_states reliable for reuse in spanning store Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 07/29] maple_tree: Remove l_wr_mas from mas_wr_spanning_rebalance Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 08/29] maple_tree: Don't pass through height in mas_wr_spanning_store Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 09/29] maple_tree: Move maple_subtree_state from mas_wr_spanning_store to mas_wr_spanning_rebalance Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 10/29] maple_tree: Correct right ma_wr_state end pivot in mas_wr_spanning_store() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 11/29] maple_tree: Introduce maple_copy node and use it in mas_spanning_rebalance() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 12/29] maple_tree: Testing update for spanning store Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 13/29] maple_tree: Inline mas_spanning_rebalance_loop() into mas_wr_spanning_rebalance() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 14/29] maple_tree: Change initial big node setup in mas_wr_spanning_rebalance() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 15/29] maple_tree: Introduce ma_leaf_max_gap() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 16/29] maple_tree: Add gap support, slot and pivot sizes for maple copy Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 17/29] maple_tree: Start using maple copy node for destination Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-22 1:44 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-22 5:55 ` SeongJae Park
2026-01-23 19:45 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 18/29] maple_tree: inline mas_wr_spanning_rebalance() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 19/29] maple_tree: Remove unnecessary return statements Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 20/29] maple_tree: Separate wr_split_store and wr_rebalance store type code path Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 21/29] maple_tree: Add cp_is_new_root() helper Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 22/29] maple_tree: Use maple copy node for mas_wr_rebalance() operation Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-27 23:05 ` Mark Brown
2026-01-27 23:15 ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-30 16:42 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-30 18:02 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2026-01-28 10:53 ` Mark Brown
2026-01-28 14:36 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-28 14:56 ` Mark Brown
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 23/29] maple_tree: Add copy_tree_location() helper Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 24/29] maple_tree: Add cp_converged() helper Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 25/29] maple_tree: Use maple copy node for mas_wr_split() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 26/29] maple_tree: Remove maple big node and subtree structs Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 27/29] maple_tree: Pass maple copy node to mas_wmb_replace() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 28/29] maple_tree: Don't pass end to mas_wr_append() Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 16:45 ` [PATCH v2 29/29] maple_tree: Clean up mas_wr_node_store() Liam R. Howlett
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