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Instead of >> checking PG_private, all code is changed to check page/folio->private != =3D >> NULL instead. >> >> MM people are cc'd on all patches and subsystem people are cc'd on the >> cover letter and corresponding patches. >> >> Patch 6 is picked up separately in f2fs tree, but since mm-new does not >> have it yet, it is sent for MM testing. > > AI review claims to have found a pre-existing critical level deadlock > in f2fs: > > https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260913-remove-pg_private-v4-0-848550f75= 74e@nvidia.com > > it also had a few things to say about this patchset and, as always, > hugetlb.c. It seems that Sashiko overwrote my patch reviews with the reviews to Matthew=E2=80=99s md patches. :/ I wonder if there is a way of recovering t= hem. > > > Thanks, The MM bits appear adequately reviewed and review of the non-MM > bits are, as usual: > > Great to have but I won't permit lack of other-than-MM review to > block MM improvements. > > So I'll queue it all up and shall push it into -next after a few days. > > Acks from non-MM maintainers are appreciated. > > If a non-MM patch appears in linux-next I'll autodrop the mm.git copy > of that patch. Thanks. Best Regards, Yan, Zi