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b=jnxrPTFLrMh7lS0axSQZJeIw1zTZvkrB4+S47jC9dT5x4umfdVJ3i2j1TvejMOR6x BJFAR5YKZQTHT3iLU2Tu5VK1VvJqRcy843wlOLG3Z1fBBUbb+Sb8OMOJ+sy17ax7qM NltRB2210GdZxxK0PGcyACJf8fhMJz8/pycGtt04vTFUb3zOAGoHRlL2YNYLZjat8o RQUIJrXMYd9hIkqrD0WWaKEMa4sLwnU2MY8440CDdUO06TgWx+Z/Zb40mTeygYUuB7 NPOO2yTNeL9ft5Z4lwHjTq9qykadh8pqrJ2e11rfB5l5aNCofsTVrL4FvwZVVsdt8S vJsiCYCtj++fA== Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:04:06 +0000 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Nickolai Zeldovich Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Andrew Morton , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xarray: clear the new head's parent before freeing the old head Message-ID: References: <20261027192014.844878-1-nickolai@csail.mit.edu> X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam10 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8F3F24000B X-Stat-Signature: xts46bqib3nt4p7wfn3at67m4zgbwags X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1793289851-738290 X-HE-Meta: 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 vIvwleOI p8uwRHLdVY4QvcTamhnk02yHMe4SWbAc8fAhtI3xJkONI7zwifO7OkoEKCArOjlnLDu7i6UXxZLxB7nYo9QYbpYX+87ghmbBMBoM+RsRCR4XUIPqaCcNPyxYT2J2E1nYFSF4albCwO/6VL76yrXFLvmzQjnAKtpcRAUradn4axD+YtZfFPcaM4orAaG2iaLefsHA+RCfEzhayqAgoITF0kBkMxGfgoIo8I/TJXBn91pxaVD0rTTCdQRxv7oJheQ1/6vholWOtXo6tN5s1Tojt421uNuDIIfVVBDnEODjJw1wTiqQ= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 11:50:37AM -0400, Nickolai Zeldovich wrote: > Hi Lorenzo, > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 11:03 AM Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > > It's pretty 101, but please don't send new revisions in-reply-to older > > revisions or feedback [0]. > > Understood, will do. (I was thinking that applied more to > multi-series patches, which indeed gets unwieldy.) In general in mm and mm-adjacent we prefer not. I think this might vary by subsystem, but it gets buried easily in even single patches, so best to default to not I think. > > > Also, if somebody replies to you, reply back. You, not your LLM. > > Indeed, I've been replying personally, though in a few cases I sent > the response in the notes of the v2 patch, in an attempt to send less > mail to lkml. OK appreciated! > > For context, I use an LLM to write Lean proofs of correctness, which > seems useful for cases where the patch is non-trivial (e.g., [2]). Ack, this seems to be a trend. And obviously we're not against LLM usage, as I'm sure you're aware, this is about rate-limiting that's all. Also use of lean seems like a nice way of bounding LLMs in a way that makes them less likely to go awry, I didn't know people were already using that for the kernel, so that's interesting! > > > Also, you are flooding the kernel with patches, 5 series across 5 > > subsystems over 2 hrs: > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=f%3Anickolai%40csail.mit.edu > > > > I already asked you once to stop doing this [1]. You've carried on. > > [...] > > I'm sure you're acting in good faith, so can I please ask you to engage > > with maintainers instead of ignoring us and treating our time as valueless? > > Sorry about that. I'm happy to send bug reports with clear userspace > reproducers, instead of patches, for any bugs that seem particularly > significant. I'll also get in touch with the relevant maintainers to > see what, if anything, might be useful to them, rather than sending > individual issues/patches. In general the bug reports are welcome, just space them out a bit, or if you have a bunch for a subsystem, contact maintainers ahead of time. I know you've generally only sent a few-per-subsystem, but in general this is about managing workload. Right now the biggest issue with AI submissions is volume-of-submission vs. review resource. The former can grow exponentially, the latter very much not :) > > Nickolai. > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261027125210.843589-1-nickolai@csail.mit.edu/ -- Cheers, Lorenzo