Re: [RFC PATCH 03/57] mm/collapse: add collapse.h for the shared collapse state
From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 11:53:36 EST
On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 04:18:09PM +0100, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 03:09:00PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 01:36:03PM +0100, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 02:28:39PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> > > > On 8/24/26 14:10, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 01:47:54PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> > > > >> On 8/20/26 13:11, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I went for a clean collapse.c on purpose: the engine is new code, and a
> > > > >>> new file keeps it readable while both mechanisms are in the tree, with 28
> > > > >>> as a plain delete from khugepaged.c.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Your shape is less churn, though, and it keeps blame: 29-35 move about
> > > > >>> 1700 lines as add-and-delete today, and most of that would stay put, with
> > > > >>> only the daemon -- mm_slot, the scan loop, sysfs -- extracted into a new
> > > > >>> khugepaged.c.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> If you prefer it that way, I can give it a try for v2.
> >
> > Please don't respin this as a 57 patch series.
>
> I didn't plan to.
>
> The goal of this RFC was to show the final form I want to reach.
>
> I will move cleanups and refactoring to the front of the patchset and
> submit in small self-contained chunks while keeping the rest working in
> a private branch.
Sorry missed this bit - great, that works for me obviously!
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Cheers, Lorenzo