Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm/page_alloc: don't undo another isolation in alloc_contig_range

[Zi Yan]

On 27 Oct 2026, at 10:13, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:

> On 10/27/26 15:06, Gregory Price (Meta) wrote:
>> On 2026-10-27 14:37 +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>>> On 10/27/26 05:22, Gregory Price (Meta) wrote:
>>>
>>> We have an existing AI fix for that as well already handled by Vlasta.
>>>
>>> I think we'll have to establish some model of "ask David first before posting"
>>> because otherwise we just create duplicate work for everyone.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, this is going to happen more.
>>
>> I've been sitting in these patches for over a month while they soaked on
>> hardware getting performance tests.
>
> I mean this fix here is really just independent and shouldn't wait that long :)
>
>>
>> Maybe worth a private tree we can rebase on regularly for these kinds of
>> un-vetted/posted fixes to see what's coming?
>
> Maybe. But if it's just us core people we can just talk on IRC etc (like Zi did
> two days ago when he was about to post something that I already had on my queue).

One idea is that maybe Sashiko is able to identify patches fixing
the same issue and does some grouping or tagging on the website.
Or send an email about it with a lore link.

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi