Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] fb_defio: Remove custom address_space_operations | From | Nathan Chancellor <> | Date | Sun, 30 May 2021 15:40:44 -0700 |
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On 5/30/2021 2:14 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 12:13:05PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote: >> Hi Matthew, >> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote: >>> There's no need to give the page an address_space. Leaving the >>> page->mapping as NULL will cause the VM to handle set_page_dirty() >>> the same way that it's handled now, and that was the only reason to >>> set the address_space in the first place. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> >>> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> >>> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@oracle.com> >> >> This patch in mainline as commit ccf953d8f3d6 ("fb_defio: Remove custom >> address_space_operations") causes my Hyper-V based VM to no longer make >> it to a graphical environment. > > Hi Nathan, > > Thanks for the report. I sent Daniel a revert patch with a full > explanation last week, which I assume he'll queue up for a pull soon. > You can just git revert ccf953d8f3d6 for yourself until that shows up. > Sorry for the inconvenience. >
Thank you for the quick response! I will keep an eye out for the patch while reverting it locally in the meantime.
Cheers, Nathan
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