Re: [PATCH 2/2] hugetlb: revert use of page_cache_next_miss()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Jun 21 2023 - 18:40:05 EST


On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:19:58 -0700 Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > IMPORTANT NOTE FOR STABLE BACKPORTS:
> > This patch will apply cleanly to v6.3. However, due to the change of
> > filemap_get_folio() return values, it will not function correctly. This
> > patch must be modified for stable backports.
>
> This patch I sent previously can be used for the 6.3 backport:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/b5bd2b39-7e1e-148f-7462-9565773f6d41@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#me37b56ca89368dc8dda2a33d39f681337788d13c

Are we suggesting that this be backported? If so, I'll add the cc:stable.

Because -stable maintainers have been asked not to backport MM patches to
which we didn't add the cc:stable.