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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:22:36 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH hotfix 6.12 0/8] fix error handling in mmap_region() and
 refactor
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:40:51 +0100 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> wrote:

> After this we go further, refactoring the code, placing it in mm/vma.c in
> order to make it eventually userland testable, and significantly
> simplifying the logic to avoid this issue arising in future.

I'm not sure that patches 4-8 are strictly 6.12 material.  What's the
thinking here?