Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: don't skip memory guarantee calculations

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Jun 05 2018 - 06:28:55 EST


On Tue 05-06-18 11:15:45, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 11:03:49AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 04-06-18 17:23:06, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > [...]
> > > I'm happy to discuss any concrete issues/concerns, but I really see
> > > no reasons to drop it from the mm tree now and start the discussion
> > > from scratch.
> >
> > I do not think this is ready for the current merge window. Sorry! I
> > would really prefer to see the whole thing in one series to have a
> > better picture.
>
> Please, provide any specific reason for that. I appreciate your opinion,
> but *I think* it's not an argument, seriously.

Seeing two follow up fixes close to the merge window just speaks for
itself. Besides that there is not need to rush this now.

> We've discussed the patchset back to March and I made several iterations
> based on the received feedback. Later we had a separate discussion with Greg,
> who proposed an alternative solution, which, unfortunately, had some serious
> shortcomings. And, as I remember, some time ago we've discussed memory.min
> with you.
> And now you want to start from scratch without providing any reason.
> I find it counter-productive, sorry.

I am sorry I couldn't give it more time, but this release cycle was even
crazier than usual.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs