From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3BBD3FF88D; Wed, 8 Jul 2026 08:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783499193; cv=none; b=DJlpy257wo0GUadcmipGvm6q1GvNHs4Ymf4lZdS2Y/yRK0u7adjlPs3jTRqWhmVIHdrMeVExewl+Ly8BKZ3HLlNhrPqel4rGyuO+qt5YRurqxaVIsxLNce/8d12oYsPZupHHUP8frbKV8MNv0ZsrdUAWatf3uB9gjYdeBBR1kcM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783499193; c=relaxed/simple; bh=2rbRSYYAKVsxwEQ1SKtO08FrLJoHwAJY4BdmthThYeg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=TSdaClv44zSSCNcmlXD0qmR8a7q9yASZEIzpUDZgtCXtW253E7G+VxaHikHqS56DScyYwd9jHT8PSKiim7tlPgZp4KgKNbfTAwmZr6XPWEsti4YzkIp7UQW3IIA9NPDYNmVslQUH1j54mXSaBcgTzSZyINV7vlglYK+QQBWapD0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=PDbBrbjk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="PDbBrbjk" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0E0731F00A3A; Wed, 8 Jul 2026 08:26:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1783499191; bh=KfIXZqSgSsUZkySMKxA7SKZcwl2Zc6IkJcaMTw/YlhY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=PDbBrbjkPqdVS5TD0vAimCfeEp4blPivZriBE2HX7XOgXGaecJZzeftn4t1gYCotr 5E6eDrdYBo/GmEX8RK2v/RQVfYsmyy6nXiGDXFTSudi7JSNSsl4ojeIhdeDGinlvpG x6UQHphDexQbaiVQpmGW839TpNkCGA5W1JMz2kvXArr4esBX3VTINld1V360zcGRU/ ITdXfNUJ3yxcteVsj1F4XfypLdJb5KNkkN0An3Wn44niXV7CQfSVddpg8gWIH9Emla FVeXYahfi2eoj6Bpn7t3vT0XK6O2mjtrRjQuWG53acrfbthLXqAGinGGaXinBzKtic sSxE11kH+/Ijw== Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 09:26:18 +0100 From: Lorenzo Stoakes To: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Sourav Panda , muchun.song@linux.dev, osalvador@suse.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org, liam@infradead.org, vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, mhklinux@outlook.com, fvdl@google.com, gthelen@google.com, mike.kravetz@oracle.com, pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, rientjes@google.com, riel@surriel.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/hugetlb: Dynamic, NUMA-aware HugePage Cache & Free Page Reporting Message-ID: References: <20260707064235.1386552-1-souravpanda@google.com> <9624988a-366e-4884-9408-3f3b88c27290@kernel.org> <20260707062428-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20260707095843-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20260707152755-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 09:46:14PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > On 7/7/26 21:32, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 07:46:28PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 10:01:55AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >>> > >>> Fair enough. > >>> > >>> > >>> Lorenzo, do you know *how* you want it reworked? Could you write it up > >>> at a high level? > >>> Because if not, it's not really practical to make it the asking price. > >> > >> Michael, you're an experienced maintainer, I'm surprised I have to tell you that > >> the burden for that lands on the submitter. > > > > Oh sure, "fix bugs A,B,C before you add to this mess" is a classic way > > to actually not end up with even more of a mess. But I usually do try > > to be explicit of what are specific issues I want submitter to address. > > I don't really feel figuring that out lands on the submitter. > > Sometimes it's certainly easier. With things like hugetlb there often just isn't > a feasible way to integrate it nicely into core-mm. It's just too special. Yeah exactly :) once you reach a certain level of 'specialness' it is more like pointing at a flaming trash pile and crying ;) > > -- > Cheers, > > David Cheers, Lorenzo