Re: [PATCH 3/3] Revert "mm: swap: check if swap backing device is congested or not"

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Tue Aug 10 2021 - 17:57:17 EST


On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Yang Shi wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 2:08 PM Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I guess 1/3 will vanish now, since what it's reverting has not yet gone
> > forward to Linus: it would have been nice for 2/3 to have mentioned that
> > what it's reverting is kindof buggy: but then you'd have to explain the
> > "kindof", and that takes more words than it's worth - maybe a lore Link
> > to the discussion?
>
> It is fine, I think this one is the best elaborated the problem:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/24187e5e-069-9f3f-cefe-39ac70783753@xxxxxxxxxx/

Yes, that best elaborated the problem when I thought it was a problem, then
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/e82380b9-3ad4-4a52-be50-6d45c7f2b5da@xxxxxxxxxx/
explained why I later came to think that it wasn't a problem after all.

Hence "kindof" buggy: but good to be reverted anyway.

Whatever!
Thanks,
Hugh