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

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 7/8/26 06:37, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 09:01:04 +0200 "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" 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]
>>
>> "Lorenzo has been hard at work exploring various design options (and I'm afraid
>> he might be one of the 3 people on this planet that understand anon_vma in full
>> detail), so I suggest we wait for a redesign proposal from him and see if that
>> is doable?"
>>
> Given that no numabalance could land upstream without horse racing [2], what
> prevents Lorenzo from becoming another (scarlet? raven black?) lipstick given mglru?

Did you ever look at anon_vma, or are you just joining a discussion to say some
words nobody understands, really? :)

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Cheers,

David