Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page cache convergence regression

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Mon Jun 24 2019 - 11:19:28 EST


On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:13:56AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:15:48PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > Are there any objections or feedback on the proposed fix below? This
> > is kind of a serious regression.
>
> I'll drop it into the xarray tree for merging in a week, if that's ok
> with you?

Hey, it's three weeks later and we're about to miss 5.2.

This sucks, Matthew. You introduced a serious regression to the MM
subsystem, whose process and patch routing you largely bypassed. When
I encountered the problem and provided a reproducer and a fix, you
gave me a hard time on cosmetic grounds. I incorporated all your
feedback, and still you show no urgency to get this patch or a fix of
your own into mainline. It's your bug, please fix it.