Re: [PATCH 00/14] mm: convert further simple mmap hooks to mmap_prepare

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2026 at 10:18:06AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > Granted I've only properly looked at the SELinux patch (7/14), the
> > rest I've just skimmed through, but these are all independent patches,
> > right?  Is there any reason why individual subsystem maintainers
> > shouldn't just pick up their associated patch?  Yes, perhaps chasing
> > down individual maintainers is a bit more work, but isn't that the way
> > this should work?
> 
> I've no objection to people taking patches independently, the concern is 
> people
> lagging on that and holding up a key conversion which is entirely mechanical, 
> +
> generally tree-wide stuff like this has been via the mm tree.

This is probably the best way forward, as for a subsystem this is just a
different API for doing the exact same thing (and that way "idempotent").

And looking at the intersection points overall, the changes are neither
likely to cause any major merge conflicts...

Br, Jarkko