Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/13] mm: rework anon_vma and remove anon_vma_chain

[Pedro Falcato]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 08:21:24AM +0000, wangtao wrote:
> > 
> > On 7/7/26 08:32, tao wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Since v1 was relatively complex and difficult to extend, this version
> > > adopts a simpler anon_vma implementation approach.
> > 
> > I really hate to repeat myself, but you seemed to have missed my main point
> > [1]
> > 
> I saw it, and I’ve waited for a while as well.

what?

A good part of software engineering (and FOSS in general) is collaboration.
People have their own work responsibilities & personal lives. If you had
questions, you could've raised them on-list or directly to Lorenzo and
could've helped him drive it forward (which he is, and he's posting careful
precursor patches).

> 
> If there are technical issues, please point them out directly.
> Or is this simply how technical discussions are usually conducted in the Linux community or the mm subsystem?

There is no technical discussion to be had. Lorenzo is doing a large,
careful rework of anon rmap (and rmap in general). You don't get to override
his work because you decided to ignore the "community outreach and
collaboration" step.

-- 
Pedro