Re: [PATCH v3 13/37] mm: Move VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT from 37 to 38

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/37] mm: Move VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT from 37 to 38
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:20:02 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 03:35:40PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> From: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To introduce VM_SHADOW_STACK as VM_HIGH_ARCH_BIT (37), and make all
> VM_HIGH_ARCH_BITs stay together, move VM_UFFD_MINOR_BIT from 37 to 38.

Why thought ?!? Changelog utterly fails to provide rationale.

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