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On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:42:28 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:

> Of course, if Linus/Andrew doesn't like to take those compaction
> improvements this late then I will ask to merge the partial revert to
> Linus tree as well and then there is not much to discuss.

This sounds like the prudent option.  Can we get 4.8 working
well-enough, backport that into 4.7.x and worry about the fancier stuff
for 4.9?