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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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8FBF6100003 X-Stat-Signature: pwczcciye3r1z1pumrikodcz5twtmtk8 X-HE-Tag: 1783499192-280748 X-HE-Meta: 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 V4rnC9yl pbU/np/PB+iCHzhoqy4mNS7uPiGKGhRAs3Os9IDdjwxkDml2+tt7geWjMxlNAF9EdsQSlfZ7hImTQUT4RQb2PtVmNY44N6G1pfLb44HH6fM1pOWkvCQz42pqC+YEe9sIUadhWgh84QnG1qv4pElYDyOnmGxtHJt8YDdzXNU5M+1W3VDzXHFDi+vCItaQOJhD3sTyYXVLNZJ31qWfFhyFy8OAoaapARFH/5F3MOtI+ed7jEFOiyQLPvxoR0TWE6lCLs+2m Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: 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