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Howlett (Oracle)" , Andrew Morton Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maple-tree@lists.infradead.org, Jason Gunthorpe Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:34:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20260821192627.4085470-16-liam@infradead.org> References: <20260821192627.4085470-1-liam@infradead.org> <20260821192627.4085470-16-liam@infradead.org> Autocrypt: addr=riel@surriel.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata=mQENBFIt3aUBCADCK0LicyCYyMa0E1lodCDUBf6G+6C5UXKG1jEYwQu49cc/gUBTTk33A eo2hjn4JinVaPF3zfZprnKMEGGv4dHvEOCPWiNhlz5RtqH3SKJllq2dpeMS9RqbMvDA36rlJIIo47 Z/nl6IA8MDhSqyqdnTY8z7LnQHqq16jAqwo7Ll9qALXz4yG1ZdSCmo80VPetBZZPw7WMjo+1hByv/ lvdFnLfiQ52tayuuC1r9x2qZ/SYWd2M4p/f5CLmvG9UcnkbYFsKWz8bwOBWKg1PQcaYHLx06sHGdY dIDaeVvkIfMFwAprSo5EFU+aes2VB2ZjugOTbkkW2aPSWTRsBhPHhV6dABEBAAG0HlJpayB2YW4gU mllbCA8cmllbEByZWRoYXQuY29tPokBHwQwAQIACQUCW5LcVgIdIAAKCRDOed6ShMTeg05SB/986o gEgdq4byrtaBQKFg5LWfd8e+h+QzLOg/T8mSS3dJzFXe5JBOfvYg7Bj47xXi9I5sM+I9Lu9+1XVb/ r2rGJrU1DwA09TnmyFtK76bgMF0sBEh1ECILYNQTEIemzNFwOWLZZlEhZFRJsZyX+mtEp/WQIygHV WjwuP69VJw+fPQvLOGn4j8W9QXuvhha7u1QJ7mYx4dLGHrZlHdwDsqpvWsW+3rsIqs1BBe5/Itz9o 6y9gLNtQzwmSDioV8KhF85VmYInslhv5tUtMEppfdTLyX4SUKh8ftNIVmH9mXyRCZclSoa6IMd635 Jq1Pj2/Lp64tOzSvN5Y9zaiCc5FucXtB9SaWsgdmFuIFJpZWwgPHJpZWxAc3VycmllbC5jb20+iQE +BBMBAgAoBQJSLd2lAhsjBQkSzAMABgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRDOed6ShMTe g4PpB/0ZivKYFt0LaB22ssWUrBoeNWCP1NY/lkq2QbPhR3agLB7ZXI97PF2z/5QD9Fuy/FD/jddPx KRTvFCtHcEzTOcFjBmf52uqgt3U40H9GM++0IM0yHusd9EzlaWsbp09vsAV2DwdqS69x9RPbvE/Ne fO5subhocH76okcF/aQiQ+oj2j6LJZGBJBVigOHg+4zyzdDgKM+jp0bvDI51KQ4XfxV593OhvkS3z 3FPx0CE7l62WhWrieHyBblqvkTYgJ6dq4bsYpqxxGJOkQ47WpEUx6onH+rImWmPJbSYGhwBzTo0Mm G1Nb1qGPG+mTrSmJjDRxrwf1zjmYqQreWVSFEt26tBpSaWsgdmFuIFJpZWwgPHJpZWxAZmIuY29tP okBPgQTAQIAKAUCW5LbiAIbIwUJEswDAAYLCQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQznneko TE3oOUEQgAsrGxjTC1bGtZyuvyQPcXclap11Ogib6rQywGYu6/Mnkbd6hbyY3wpdyQii/cas2S44N cQj8HkGv91JLVE24/Wt0gITPCH3rLVJJDGQxprHTVDs1t1RAbsbp0XTksZPCNWDGYIBo2aHDwErhI omYQ0Xluo1WBtH/UmHgirHvclsou1Ks9jyTxiPyUKRfae7GNOFiX99+ZlB27P3t8CjtSO831Ij0Ip QrfooZ21YVlUKw0Wy6Ll8EyefyrEYSh8KTm8dQj4O7xxvdg865TLeLpho5PwDRF+/mR3qi8CdGbkE c4pYZQO8UDXUN4S+pe0aTeTqlYw8rRHWF9TnvtpcNzZw== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.60.2 (3.60.2-1.fc44) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Fri, 2026-08-21 at 15:26 -0400, Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) wrote: >=20 > =C2=A0knowing one value within that range, or mtree_store() call with an > entry of > -NULL may be used to partially erase a range or many ranges at once. > +NULL may be used to partially erase a range or many ranges at once.=C2= =A0 > Note that > +mtree_erase() may use GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL for allocations and > cannot > +fail, but may need to sleep - do not use mtree_erase() from a > blocking context. >=20 Do you mean "from a context that cannot block" ? --=20 All Rights Reversed.