Re: [PATCH] mm: page_counter: reject empty string in page_counter_memparse()

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Sat Aug 29 2026 - 20:42:31 EST


On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:36 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Whether that benefit outweighs the compatibility risk is not mine to
> > decide.
>
> And I am still not convinced. I do understand your frustration from the
> debugging the issue. In any way, if other maintainers decide this change
> is worth I will not stand in the way.

Shakeel seems OK with it. Other other maintainers are being aloof ;)

I'll queue it for now, along with a note that additional poking is
needed.

A v2 would be nice, please. Add details about that production incident
and make the requested update to
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst.