Re: [PATCH 0/3] COVER: Remove memcpy_page_flushcache()

[Michael Ellerman]

Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 3/15/23 16:20, Ira Weiny wrote:
>> > Commit 21b56c847753 ("iov_iter: get rid of separate bvec and xarray 
>> > callbacks") removed the calls to memcpy_page_flushcache().
>> > 
>> > kmap_atomic() is deprecated and used in the x86 version of
>> > memcpy_page_flushcache().
>> > 
>> > Remove the unnecessary memcpy_page_flushcache() call from all arch's.
>> 
>> Hi Ira,
>> 
>> Since the common code user is already gone these three patches seem
>> quite independent.  It seems like the right thing to do is have
>> individual arch maintainers cherry pick their arch patch and carry it
>> independently.
>
> Yes.
>
>> 
>> Is there a compelling reason to have someone pick up and carry these all
>> together that I'm missing?
>
> No reason.  Would you like me to submit them individually?

I'll just grab the powerpc one from the thread, no need to resend.

> Sorry, submitting them separately crossed my mind when I wrote them but I
> kind of forgot as they were all on the same branch and I was waiting for
> after the merge window to submit them.

It's also much easier to run git-send-email HEAD^^^, rather than running
it three separate times, let alone if it's a 20 patch series.

I wonder if we could come up with some convention to indicate that a
series is made up of independent patches, and maintainers are free to
pick them individually - but still sent as a single series.

cheers