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

From: Gregory Price

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 15:38:17 EST


On 2026-10-27 19:58 +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 10/27/26 19:53, Zi Yan wrote:
> > On 27 Oct 2026, at 10:13, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
>
> I think that's too late. For us core devs we just need to sync on "has someone
> already a fix for that or is it worth cleaning the AI shite up and sending it out".
>

It might be worth just having a maintainer Fixes:-only review branch
that automates pulling these things in and responding to conflicts.

I've been working on some b4 workbench automation to make triaging the
list a little more sustainable. It's getting there, but it needs time.

~Gregory

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Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>