Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: lock a vma before stack expansion

[Suren Baghdasaryan]

On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 8:03 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 10:00:42PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > …
> > > write-locked to prevent page faults into the VMA being expanded. Add
> > > the necessary locking.
> >
> > 1. Would it a bit nicer to put the second sentence on a separate line
> >    in such a change description?

Maybe. Will do if there is a need to post a v2.

> >
> > 2. I noticed that you put the address “stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
> >    into the message field “Cc”.
> >    Would you like to specify such a hint as a tag?
> >
> >    See also:
> >    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.4#n264

Yeah, I always forget that :(

> >
> > 3. How do you think about to add the tag “Fixes”?

I thought about it but was not sure which patch I should list under
such tag because the rules for stack expansion changed recently.

> >
> > 4. Will a cover letter become helpful also for the presented small patch series?

Not much to say other than "add some missing locking" :)

>
> Markus, your nitpicking is not useful.  Please stop.

I'll fix the nits, at least the ones I can, if there is a need for v2.