From: Bing Jiao <bingjiao@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gourry@gourry.net, longman@redhat.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
mhocko@kernel.org, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
shakeel.butt@linux.dev, muchun.song@linux.dev, tj@kernel.org,
mkoutny@suse.com, david@kernel.org, zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, axelrasmussen@google.com,
chenridong@huaweicloud.com, yuanchu@google.com,
weixugc@google.com, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 05:08:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aVtHRi-D3iSb3ZkQ@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260104102745.cfd4f6bd661e8e817afcdba8@linux-foundation.org>
On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 10:27:45AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> We'll want to fix these things in 6.16.X and later, but you've prepared
> this patch against "mm/vmscan: don't demote if there is not enough free
> memory in the lower memory tier", which is presently under test/review
> in mm.git's mm-unstable branch.
>
> This seems to be incorrect ordering - this fix should go ahead of
> Akinobu Mita's series "mm: fix oom-killer not being invoked when
> demotion is enabled v2".
>
> So can you please redo this patch against current mainline? And please
> also review the "mm: fix oom-killer not being invoked when demotion is
> enabled" series to ensure that things will work together nicely when
> that time comes.
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for the detailed explanation. Patch v4 has been sent.
V4 is patched against the mainline. Tested on both the mainline and
mm-everything (after Akinobu Mita's series "mm: fix oom-killer not
being invoked when demotion is enabled v2"), and passed.
Best,
Bing
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 5:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-20 6:10 [PATCH] mm/vmscan: respect mems_effective in demote_folio_list() Bing Jiao
2025-12-20 19:20 ` Andrew Morton
2025-12-22 6:16 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-21 12:07 ` Gregory Price
2025-12-22 6:28 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-21 23:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion Bing Jiao
2025-12-21 23:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/vmscan: respect mems_effective in demote_folio_list() Bing Jiao
2025-12-21 23:41 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-22 2:38 ` Chen Ridong
2025-12-22 21:56 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-22 22:18 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-21 23:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/vmscan: check all allowed targets in can_demote() Bing Jiao
2025-12-22 2:51 ` Chen Ridong
2025-12-22 6:09 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-22 8:28 ` Chen Ridong
2025-12-23 21:19 ` [PATCH v3] mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion Bing Jiao
2025-12-23 21:38 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-24 1:19 ` Gregory Price
2025-12-26 18:48 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-05 21:57 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-24 1:49 ` Chen Ridong
2025-12-26 18:58 ` Bing Jiao
2025-12-26 19:32 ` Waiman Long
2025-12-26 20:24 ` Waiman Long
2026-01-04 9:04 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-04 8:54 ` [PATCH v4] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-04 18:27 ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-05 5:08 ` Bing Jiao [this message]
2026-01-05 2:48 ` Chen Ridong
2026-01-05 5:10 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-05 5:01 ` [PATCH v5] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-05 15:54 ` Gregory Price
2026-01-05 21:34 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-06 7:56 ` [PATCH v6] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-06 14:23 ` Gregory Price
2026-01-06 19:36 ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-07 1:27 ` Chen Ridong
2026-01-08 3:32 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-08 3:32 ` [PATCH v7 1/2] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-08 3:32 ` [PATCH v7 2/2] mm/vmscan: select the closest preferred node in demote_folio_list() Bing Jiao
2026-01-10 3:00 ` [PATCH] mm/vmscan: fix uninitialized variable " Bing Jiao
2026-01-10 3:38 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-14 6:59 ` [PATCH v8 0/2] mm/vmscan: select the closest preferred node " Bing Jiao
2026-01-14 6:59 ` [PATCH v8 2/2] " Bing Jiao
2026-01-14 20:53 ` [PATCH v9 0/2] mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion Bing Jiao
2026-01-14 20:53 ` [PATCH v9 1/2] " Bing Jiao
2026-02-02 4:15 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-01-14 20:53 ` [PATCH v9 2/2] mm/vmscan: select the closest perferred node in demote_folio_list() Bing Jiao
2026-02-06 18:52 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-01-16 0:00 ` [PATCH v9 0/2] mm/vmscan: fix demotion targets checks in reclaim/demotion Andrew Morton
2026-01-16 7:00 ` Bing Jiao
2026-01-30 23:35 ` Shakeel Butt
2026-01-31 23:58 ` Bing Jiao
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