Re: [PATCH 0/15] mm: introduce ANON_VMA_LAZY for deferred anon_vma creation

From: Lorenzo Stoakes

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 11:45:44 EST


On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 10:46:35AM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
>
>
> On 2026/6/2 10:15, Barry Song wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM wangtao <tao.wangtao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> > >
> > > You said discussion was welcome, yet when someone offered even a
> > > small comment, you refused to continue the discussion.
> > >
> > > If I had known you would be this inconsistent, I would not have
> > > replied to you in the first place.
> > >
> > > This will be my last reply to you. I will not respond again.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Tao,
> >
> > Please don't walk away from the linux-mm community. I read your
> > patchset and found it quite valuable. It not only reduces memory
> > overhead, but also eliminates rmap costs for exclusive folios.
> >
> > Since I'm not very confident discussing technical topics in English,
> > I wrote a blog post in Chinese about your patchset:
> >
> > https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/k00tzhTl8HbL3k4G6ev4SA
> >
> > I have to admit that I found the implementation quite complex and
> > in need of significant improvement. However, I think the underlying
> > idea is very interesting and worth exploring further.
> >
> > I'm looking forward to seeing a v2 RFC with a cleaner and simpler
> > implementation while preserving the core concept.
> >
> > Regardless of whether it ultimately gets merged, I hope the discussion
> > can continue.
>
> Same here :)
>
> Tao, please don't let this thread get you down. No first RFC is
> perfect, and the idea still looks worth discussing :)
>
> Thanks for working on this!

Guys, this isn't helpful.

We aren't extending anon_vma, and I am working on replacing it, that's the
bottom line.

I have presented compelling evidence suggesting this is AI generated. In
response I got more AI-generated nonsense. There's no trust, the code and
analysis are all wrong, end of discussion.

>
> Cheers, Lance
>

Thanks, Lorenzo

P.S. maintainership is utterly thankless, and I don't really expect much in
return, but honestly reading this, given the case I've made here, was
really quite disappointing.