Re: [PATCH v6 0/4] mm: introduce THP deferred setting

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 21.05.25 14:33, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Fundamentally I trust you to make sure this all goes correctly so let's not
> belabour the point or delay things here :)
> 
> So in that vein, Nico - I would sugesst for future respins adding a really
> clear bit to the header as David suggested :) also update the cover letter
> tests so it isn't reliant on a possibly ephemeral web link.
> 
> But otherwise let's proceed as was.

Right, and maybe only post this series if there was a major change, 
otherwise wait until the other thing is on it's way upstream.

> 
> On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 02:24:45PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, to me the dependency is obvious, but I've followed the MM meeting
>>>> discussions, development etc.
>>>
>>> Right but is it clear to Andrew? I mean the cover letter was super unclear
>>> to me.
>>
>> I mean, assuming that it would not be clear to Andrew (and I think it is
>> clear to Andrew), I we would get CCed on these emails and could immediately
>> scream STOOOOOP :)
>>
>> And until this would hit mm-stable, a bit more time would pass.
>>
>>>
>>> What's to prevent things getting merged out of order?
>>
>> Fortunately, there are still people working here and not machines (at least,
>> that's what I hope).
> 
> Obligatory link to this :P
> 

It's scary how relevant that has become lately :D

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsExRvJTAI

... fortunately, whenever I tell the chatbots that they are wrong (IOW, 
everytime I use them) they reply with "Oh yes, you are right." ... so 
far ...

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb