From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org,
vbabka@kernel.org, willy@infradead.org, jannh@google.com,
paulmck@kernel.org, pfalcato@suse.de, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] proc/task_mmu: remove special-casing of smap_gather_stats() start parameter
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:33:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dd134a0a-8fe8-4990-85f2-7b524754b451@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJuCfpGvi10sibu_=cE76h2O14WA4KNOd1vARu0r1CYmAiCMEA@mail.gmail.com>
On 9/10/26 18:21, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 9:09 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM David Hildenbrand (Arm)
>> <david@kernel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I meant as part of this series of course.
>>
>> I understand but this particular patch cleans up smap_gather_stats()
>> function, so if would be weird if I move the comment change in that
>> function into some other patch. Unless I completely misunderstood your
>> suggestion... Maybe you are suggesting to split this condition and
>> comment change into a separate patch and making this one a pure
>> special-casing elimination?
>
> Ok, after re-reading I think that's what you meant. My first
> impression was that you wanted this part to be in one of the previous
> cleanup patches. I'll split this into a separate cleanup patch.
Just to clarify: I'd put all COW mapping changes (using the cow_mapping helper
and rewriting the comment) in one cleanup patch that can argue why it is a
correct cleanup and doesn't introduce a functional change.
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-10 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 6:39 [PATCH v2 0/5] read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary helpers Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-07 16:44 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-08 17:58 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-09 17:06 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:13 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-09 17:17 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 18:29 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 15:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary inlines in function definitions Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-07 16:49 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-10 15:35 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-08 18:01 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-09 17:07 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:15 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 15:55 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] proc/task_mmu: remove special-casing of smap_gather_stats() start parameter Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-08 18:07 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-09 17:16 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 18:28 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-09 19:16 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 21:51 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 7:41 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 15:45 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 16:01 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 16:09 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 16:21 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 16:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-09-10 17:02 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 16:27 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] proc/task_mmu: read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-08 18:17 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-09 14:25 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-09 16:13 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-09 17:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:58 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 7:44 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-07 6:39 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] selftests/proc: add /proc/pid/smaps_rollup tearing tests Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-08 18:18 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-08 16:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock Xueyuan Chen
2026-09-08 16:08 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
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