Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] mm/vmscan: honour node reclaim limits per type
From: John Hubbard
Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 17:45:07 EST
On 8/21/26 2:35 PM, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:31:06AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
...>> We already had _too much work_ prior to the slopgeddon. Now we have a multiple
>> of that.
>>
>> Roman - I really think we a way of switching off the 'unrelated to your patch
>> but' stuff per-subsystem would be useful.
>
> I thought about it, but switching it off completely looks dubious to
> me. So maybe moderating it a bit can help? Like not reporting completely
> unrelated issues or at least do not report them more than once?
Or, reporting them *once*, and not as a reply to the patch!
After all, it's "unrelated to your patch". So then, don't pollute that
patch's review thread, right?
That would alleviate the most infuriating part of this cycle, imho.
thanks,
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John Hubbard