Re: [PATCH v20 0/6] Hierarchical Percpu Counters for RSS

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 15:00:02 EST


On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 14:37:08 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2026-07-23 13:53, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > On 2026-07-07 09:15, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >> Here is the hierarchical percpu counters series rebased on top of
> >> v7.2-rc2. It includes small bootup fixes which were needed to fix
> >> bootup sequence on specific architectures, and a rename of the
> >> test config option to include "KUNIT_".
> >>
> >> This aims at replacing the prior version of the series you had
> >> in mm.
> >>
> >> As a reminder, the goal here is to provide more precise RSS counters
> >> through /proc.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Just a gentle ping for feedback whenever it's convenient.
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Can you pick this up after the upcoming merge window ?

Resending after -rc1 would be appropriate.

> That's of course assuming this is solving an issue which is
> still relevant.
>
> If there is no interest in solving this issue anymore, kindly
> let me know and I'll drop this series.

This was 1000-2000 patches ago so I've forgotten what the issue was!
Please ensure that changelogging describes the issue in glorious
detail and I'm sure it'll all come back.