Re: [PATCH] maple_tree: Fix handle of invalidated state in mas_wr_store_setup()

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:21:15 +0000 Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> * SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> [230109 18:43]:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 15:40:12 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon,  9 Jan 2023 19:22:48 +0000 SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 16:55:42 +0000 Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > If an invalidated maple state is encountered during write, reset the
> > > > > maple state to MAS_START.  This will result in a re-walk of the tree to
> > > > > the correct location for the write.
> > > 
> > > Can we think of a Fixes: for this?
> 
> It wasn't really an issue until I wrote the vma iterator store
> function.
> 
> You can put this before (mm-unstable git id..)
> 9df3d25a97ec ("mm: expand vma iterator interface")

I have dropped "mm: expand vma iterator interface"'s series.  Should we
retain this patch as a standalone thing and is the changelog still
appropriate?