Re: [PATCH] mm/ksm: delete the redundant ksm_merging_pages interafce in proc

[David Hildenbrand]

On 28.06.23 05:12, xu xin wrote:
> > Message-ID: <20230627133542.2446285-1-sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx> (raw)
> >
> > Since the ksm_merging_pages information already included in
> > /proc/<pid>/ksm_stat, we can delete /proc/<pid>/ksm_merging_pages to
> > make the directory more clean, and can save a little bit resources.
>
> I think it's ok to remove it because this interface was not proposed for a long time.
> I believe its users are not many yet. The earlier we delete it, the better.

Well ... it's been around since v5.19, which was released 1 year ago.

... not sure if the removal is worth the possible user space break.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb