Re: [PATCH v3] mm: remove min_free_kbytes adjustment for THP

[David Laight]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 09:11:04 +0100
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 03:30:30PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:24:38AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:  
> > > On Tue Sep 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM EDT, Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) wrote:  
> > > > Given neither of the patchset versions achieved universal acceptance, could
> > > > we try just disabling all the automatic (re)calculations of min_free_kbytes
> > > > the first moment the sysctl gets adjusted from userspace?  
> > >
> > > Sounds good to me. Johannes, WDYT?  
> >
> > +1 That sounds good to me as well.  
> 
> Me also! :>)

You might want some method of restoring the default behaviour.
Maybe setting to 0 can be used (if that is just silly).

David

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> Cheers, Lorenzo
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