From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1794246535; b=3lM2Sg1UiPYBojPufwhBzLNvfQVcuKNzMLRU4ioYHD1cePhu5P2lOUNsLQ3bexhLytDS 7Nybflsvk0x9GoxMhkneY5cuqUWu9hrO1djjiRK66xdZ0x91vtmqxqxuBuWle6wBHMzIy UAAtgpnFay8Xrvbp9P4KcVrsf1207VmQzvgBsziafP/tCYabBwHB5Di0T8gzE5ukkQQ7J DbKdvPxX99EGVrLtdIINnZHoc82jmXZVAkDyjg00cwC6ERmQTeK4aCyN4c9El9+bElyJa 7OKb63f3LdTquQpdkAPJHUofvqbTrU5WgeSbssaxQ6LfSyl97ktEB2Wiog054yW2xLg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1794246535; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent: Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Content-Language:Autocrypt:In-Reply-To: Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=dHxEdjexbDAxhEaz003lOiCE3vg4apNJPfNwG6nSAow=; b=132Cyn0SfW9OvHppl6JvApX8wsiRT+39KTDeotng7NuAbd82TQ6JVpxLHyByWXuKQdjD rkP6/Mdjhcx73Rbq6E0c3p9dU5QwlRHh79Q+AjSx15xCKdSZJq9V0IGL1eqGpo8iiw/Or YdNjKJy7U4raWwn0AatGYKHLpNsIEGkUJTIU5lrMuWbAAeQad8Dff6FyF7avvo3jkUFBO aLre8TaXW2dLZExcreeZ/S9SY2+b1S/BHhO6w+4BW/iWDZwt7T89C/GvZGQoh1ZXjsOvI S5pht/0qO13fhcvJ2gyq0SbC5LWGqzAj2l6BygP2gaOzzKiB/EgwDj3KA/UPHC/aHIA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=Pek9s7zB; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4E44606A31C; Mon, 9 Nov 2026 17:48:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=Pek9s7zB Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBE031F008A1; Mon, 9 Nov 2026 17:48:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1794246535; bh=dHxEdjexbDAxhEaz003lOiCE3vg4apNJPfNwG6nSAow=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=Pek9s7zBH0iPwsSpcUG005YFC1HK89pX4jsQNNeogHCzt4HyJI7X/6lZf5+7iMxvc rXQIj8PlSNmYODFFj3rXKyfHyW2qPFSVPc8dbbTFYccpGhJtNDSawBiSC5j9x9sxed Olr2iyiFE3ie6Jw2rtzed5xGk2A9JiOt0cbquzPkVQSveOB7CQC1IJKgHX/L/OPmUh PKo0zYmMFGSKAJXUMd9+fwEbQ4vNbukBOV5EsWL3wuja6tSb4TAKLpxGLu1BYHQ3TR kjxMEhHWj/i76fDu4ytgwvqaaqRAlhaIncCx2xVGCxVf0hHuEl+L/KVequLYiOHkh7 aEHPTMDRdPT4Q== Message-ID: Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 18:48:39 +0100 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/18] fuse: don't move a folio with PG_rcu_free into a fuse file To: Linus Torvalds Cc: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" , Andrew Morton , Matthew Wilcox , Vlastimil Babka , Lorenzo Stoakes , Jan Kara , Hugh Dickins , Christian Brauner , Alexander Viro , Harry Yoo , Miklos Szeredi , Miaohe Lin , Naoya Horiguchi , Oscar Salvador , "Liam R. Howlett" , Mike Rapoport , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Brendan Jackman , Johannes Weiner , Zi Yan , Baolin Wang , Nico Pache , Ryan Roberts , Dev Jain , Barry Song , Lance Yang , Usama Arif , Kairui Song , Qi Zheng , Shakeel Butt , Axel Rasmussen , Yuanchu Xie , Wei Xu , Baoquan He , "Paul E. McKenney" , Pedro Falcato , Luis Chamberlain , Ilya Gladyshev , Jaegeuk Kim , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev, kernel-team@meta.com References: <20261104130118.2507513-1-kas@kernel.org> <20261104130118.2507513-4-kas@kernel.org> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzS5EYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCAoQ3VycmVudCkgPGRhdmlkQGtlcm5lbC5vcmc+wsGQBBMBCAA6AhsDBQkmWAik AgsJBBUKCQgCFgICHgUCF4AWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3AP+DWgUCaYJt/AIZAQAKCRBN 3hD3AP+DWriiD/9BLGEKG+N8L2AXhikJg6YmXom9ytRwPqDgpHpVg2xdhopoWdMRXjzOrIKD g4LSnFaKneQD0hZhoArEeamG5tyo32xoRsPwkbpIzL0OKSZ8G6mVbFGpjmyDLQCAxteXCLXz ZI0VbsuJKelYnKcXWOIndOrNRvE5eoOfTt2XfBnAapxMYY2IsV+qaUXlO63GgfIOg8RBaj7x 3NxkI3rV0SHhI4GU9K6jCvGghxeS1QX6L/XI9mfAYaIwGy5B68kF26piAVYv/QZDEVIpo3t7 /fjSpxKT8plJH6rhhR0epy8dWRHk3qT5tk2P85twasdloWtkMZ7FsCJRKWscm1BLpsDn6EQ4 jeMHECiY9kGKKi8dQpv3FRyo2QApZ49NNDbwcR0ZndK0XFo15iH708H5Qja/8TuXCwnPWAcJ DQoNIDFyaxe26Rx3ZwUkRALa3iPcVjE0//TrQ4KnFf+lMBSrS33xDDBfevW9+Dk6IISmDH1R HFq2jpkN+FX/PE8eVhV68B2DsAPZ5rUwyCKUXPTJ/irrCCmAAb5Jpv11S7hUSpqtM/6oVESC 3z/7CzrVtRODzLtNgV4r5EI+wAv/3PgJLlMwgJM90Fb3CB2IgbxhjvmB1WNdvXACVydx55V7 LPPKodSTF29rlnQAf9HLgCphuuSrrPn5VQDaYZl4N/7zc2wcWM7BTQRVy5+RARAA59fefSDR 9nMGCb9LbMX+TFAoIQo/wgP5XPyzLYakO+94GrgfZjfhdaxPXMsl2+o8jhp/hlIzG56taNdt VZtPp3ih1AgbR8rHgXw1xwOpuAd5lE1qNd54ndHuADO9a9A0vPimIes78Hi1/yy+ZEEvRkHk /kDa6F3AtTc1m4rbbOk2fiKzzsE9YXweFjQvl9p+AMw6qd/iC4lUk9g0+FQXNdRs+o4o6Qvy iOQJfGQ4UcBuOy1IrkJrd8qq5jet1fcM2j4QvsW8CLDWZS1L7kZ5gT5EycMKxUWb8LuRjxzZ 3QY1aQH2kkzn6acigU3HLtgFyV1gBNV44ehjgvJpRY2cC8VhanTx0dZ9mj1YKIky5N+C0f21 zvntBqcxV0+3p8MrxRRcgEtDZNav+xAoT3G0W4SahAaUTWXpsZoOecwtxi74CyneQNPTDjNg azHmvpdBVEfj7k3p4dmJp5i0U66Onmf6mMFpArvBRSMOKU9DlAzMi4IvhiNWjKVaIE2Se9BY FdKVAJaZq85P2y20ZBd08ILnKcj7XKZkLU5FkoA0udEBvQ0f9QLNyyy3DZMCQWcwRuj1m73D sq8DEFBdZ5eEkj1dCyx+t/ga6x2rHyc8Sl86oK1tvAkwBNsfKou3v+jP/l14a7DGBvrmlYjO 59o3t6inu6H7pt7OL6u6BQj7DoMAEQEAAcLBfAQYAQgAJgIbDBYhBBvZyq1zXEw6Rg38yk3e EPcA/4NaBQJonNqrBQkmWAihAAoJEE3eEPcA/4NaKtMQALAJ8PzprBEXbXcEXwDKQu+P/vts IfUb1UNMfMV76BicGa5NCZnJNQASDP/+bFg6O3gx5NbhHHPeaWz/VxlOmYHokHodOvtL0WCC 8A5PEP8tOk6029Z+J+xUcMrJClNVFpzVvOpb1lCbhjwAV465Hy+NUSbbUiRxdzNQtLtgZzOV Zw7jxUCs4UUZLQTCuBpFgb15bBxYZ/BL9MbzxPxvfUQIPbnzQMcqtpUs21CMK2PdfCh5c4gS sDci6D5/ZIBw94UQWmGpM/O1ilGXde2ZzzGYl64glmccD8e87OnEgKnH3FbnJnT4iJchtSvx yJNi1+t0+qDti4m88+/9IuPqCKb6Stl+s2dnLtJNrjXBGJtsQG/sRpqsJz5x1/2nPJSRMsx9 5YfqbdrJSOFXDzZ8/r82HgQEtUvlSXNaXCa95ez0UkOG7+bDm2b3s0XahBQeLVCH0mw3RAQg r7xDAYKIrAwfHHmMTnBQDPJwVqxJjVNr7yBic4yfzVWGCGNE4DnOW0vcIeoyhy9vnIa3w1uZ 3iyY2Nsd7JxfKu1PRhCGwXzRw5TlfEsoRI7V9A8isUCoqE2Dzh3FvYHVeX4Us+bRL/oqareJ CIFqgYMyvHj7Q06kTKmauOe4Nf0l0qEkIuIzfoLJ3qr5UyXc2hLtWyT9Ir+lYlX9efqh7mOY qIws/H2t In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11/9/26 17:35, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2026 at 08:28, Linus Torvalds > wrote: >> >> On Mon, 9 Nov 2026 at 06:46, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: >>> >>> Could we get rid of fuse_try_move_folio() entirely? >> >> Please. That would be great. > > .. and in a similar vein, we should get rid of splice doing the same entirely. > > Kirly's patch to just remove page_cache_pipe_buf_try_steal() entirely > (ok, it was originally mine, but Kiryl took ownership of that series: > "Tag, you're it") is worth doing, but I think worth doubling down on. > I think we sh ould just get rid of 'try_steal' entirely. I don't think > anybody really uses it. I think it exists in fuse and in the virtio > console, and neither is worth it. > > Removing pipe_buf_try_steal() would basically remove all of > fuse_try_move_folio(). > > Conversely, removing fuse_try_move_folio() would make > pipe_buf_try_steal() even less useful than it is now. > > Just remove them both. Good riddance. Yes, that would be very nice. -- Cheers, David