Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] mm/hmm: Clarify notifier retry state and scope HMM timeouts

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 05:00:31 EST


On 7/15/26 19:14, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:39:37 -0700 Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Please don't do this, this is completely impossible to track for review :)
>>>
>>> mm review is currently very difficult based on volumes, it'll become impossible
>>> to manage if people sound fragments of series.
>>>
>>> Please just resend the whole thing at this point.
>>>
>>
>> Well, I followed the guidance provided by Andrew, and I believe he
>> applied all of the changes, including these, to the `mm` tree.
>>
>> Do you still want me to send v9 under these circumstances?
>
> Sure, if that's what reviewers prefer.
>
> This is a bit unfriendly to people who have already reviewed the code.
> Which is one of the reasons why I respond to a new version with a
> single diff showing reviewers (and the author, and myself) what changed
> since the previous version.

As much as I dislike fixup patches, I tolerate them in reply to the existing series.

But having some random fixup series is just crazy, really.

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Cheers,

David