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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: 권오훈 <ohoono.kwon@samsung.com>
Cc: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"konrad.wilk@oracle.com" <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
	"ohkwon1043@gmail.com" <ohkwon1043@gmail.com>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: cleancache: fix potential race in cleancache apis
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 12:57:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YN2twnTaJvZTivGK@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210701085650epcms1p381d6d9c0052408c2ba011777fe3e74ba@epcms1p3>

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:56:50PM +0900, 권오훈 wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 07:58:36AM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 02:06:44PM +0900, 권오훈 wrote:
> > > We are using Cleancache APIs for our proprietary feature in Samsung.
> > > As Wilcox mentioned, however, there is no cleancache backend in current kernel
> > > mainline.
> > > So if the race patch shall be accepted, then it seems unnecessary to patch 
> > > previous stable kernels.
> > > 
> > > Meanwhile, I personally think cleancache API still has potential to be a good
> > > material when used with new arising technologies such as pmem or NVMe.
> > > 
> > > So I suggest to postpone removing cleancache for a while.
> >  
> > If there are no in-kernel users, it needs to be removed.  If you rely on
> > this, wonderful, please submit your code as soon as possible.
> >  
> > thanks,
> >  
> > greg k-h
> > 
> We will discuss internally and see if we can submit our feature.

You have two months.  I'll submit the removal then if no new backend has
shown up.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-01 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CGME20210630073310epcms1p2ad6803cfd9dbc8ab501c4c99f799f4da@epcms1p2>
2021-06-30  7:33 ` [PATCH] mm: cleancache: fix potential race in cleancache apis 권오훈
2021-06-30  8:13   ` gregkh
2021-06-30 11:26     ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-06-30 12:29       ` gregkh
     [not found]       ` <CGME20210630073310epcms1p2ad6803cfd9dbc8ab501c4c99f799f4da@epcms1p5>
2021-07-01  5:06         ` 권오훈
2021-07-01  5:58           ` gregkh
     [not found]           ` <CGME20210630073310epcms1p2ad6803cfd9dbc8ab501c4c99f799f4da@epcms1p3>
2021-07-01  8:56             ` 권오훈
2021-07-01 11:57               ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2021-07-01  8:14       ` Christoph Hellwig

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