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b=BjSUjjLkTGOFGPpvVff8toBUQXVvQiqRxOXytlYiAaMNUnJcKf1ROUqciOQr6Rve1 sBBT2vZY/BLBqpVt7r+KWfq9S6OoLsUjF/IADhkv6rO/xmujxFhydjZWd5P3B/mIxB kx8JO/koizERhCeOm5pDtkZVHVez1v4Sebmv4fWDoMK6oLEsa6/cFdbtFLn9RhBMEH awRZcIR9xEhe5UHagO9GcCKJ391u/4h7qb0p+1HO3QhNUyLH+Y/v7Q4VjNQ+GB9Vvn 60MX9RoZN9n4qwtKAUdRPAkOiqHIX/fMXKvagmbGJg76FdTpF2se45dGEPufGNcWBR sPVh7HvMjg/UQ== Message-ID: <62dc05ec-9e6e-492f-b1bc-540c19b434dd@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:02:22 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] mm: improve large folio readahead and alignment for exec memory To: Lorenzo Stoakes , Usama Arif Cc: Andrew Morton , willy@infradead.org, ryan.roberts@arm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, r@hev.cc, jack@suse.cz, ajd@linux.ibm.com, apopple@nvidia.com, baohua@kernel.org, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, brauner@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com, kees@kernel.org, kevin.brodsky@arm.com, lance.yang@linux.dev, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, npache@redhat.com, pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, rmclure@linux.ibm.com, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, vbabka@kernel.org, Al Viro , ziy@nvidia.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, kas@kernel.org, shakeel.butt@linux.dev, leitao@debian.org, kernel-team@meta.com References: <20260402181326.3107102-1-usama.arif@linux.dev> <803a0c15-0a6a-4c00-b6b3-eaae56d5fc15@linux.dev> <5f99b289-629c-47c4-bef0-966d6678a2a8@linux.dev> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; 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We plan to do this from around rc5 or >>> rc6 of each cycle in future). >> >> Thanks! Just wanted to check, as I am always confused about this. Is it ok >> to send patches for review for next release at this time? So that they >> are in a good state when rc1 comes. I wanted to send PMD swap entries >> for review after I am finished testing, but I want them for review for >> next release. > > I think different people have different views on that :) > > I mean it's debateable whether having a glut of new material on day one of -rc1 > is preferable to having a bunch come in that might or might not get lost along > the way :) > > I personally feel it'd be better to send during the cycle window rather than > before but I suspect others disagree with that! > > So from your point of view, feel free to do what you like, but maybe David + > others would want to chime in with their opinions? I personally don't care that much. People just have to be prepared that there will be little review on new (non-fix) material during the quiet period. It will sit in my inbox one way or the other :) -- Cheers, David