From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A2C336F8F5; Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785340202; cv=none; b=LM3QCmbZlBL0NnlHkQKZ0nfTOPQB6gUxXRl+HKL6YWOjATvF3CQ+ut6DseVI64WOgK95nBBz2wZIkWWPoadUjNgJpSXgHaOWG4o5l/uyv1SeRXGEqIqnS4YZr7eB/1KlAPXIXZBfocnuIZWE62djcV8xpsf2d2jQIXwOWKwUrXQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785340202; c=relaxed/simple; bh=x04hNIWP3F2RYs13zaEW1Bd/cYuzTrGhoh9g72rRRkE=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=mvFNhzNfYc+T/3cX81TxlnmUAEbvljYQbYevQgYWKYXxmL/NpDu5v67l9B0aXAeq9qr9F/C0ayP5pnGIB92sE5PEgctSuzm4Ooi1xYNuHnYOHkcX7oZf4MttIYwEDgGMQA67zUKs9p2RVn4wAD9LZ/LhLvvZuUE+qOLpZ8vNi/Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=jvXgUWyC; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="jvXgUWyC" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 543911F00A3E; Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:49:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785340201; bh=uqKH4VCTe9vViQKnNAGVZMzkIEeNzEW45NjzvfGwTZs=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=jvXgUWyCn8XO+hR+RwLHFAVOIo01qZlqspdWH/BNHlSiFPe7kSMNF/A1WYJmGNB3L RQLKNV8Qo8/JmQRx30K3TLy2qPL5PbMKemIEIGYGMqw/qKZ63svwxGqC3mbCW5jeEM rSv7seblRC66ZHEnDAPVVIRhwDwOSEcNisu8/pl9BJIYLi2UVJWoU2lRlHFlOi62G0 JkCdUm/Q8pfT/XDZtkpyqJY2U2AtCU55GtuepP4B6IKruYGPSyDitFBOSABshdKbD4 2x4RqDWO9ezy8shRf2nFROlynmUDeY9yZtbbcBhIf8A+tRCymg06vD7S7oHKjtZbj3 we2dKTxCl8PQA== Message-ID: <63960288-5240-4b94-b22d-f389911366c8@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:49:49 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: move internal mempolicy APIs to new internal header Content-Language: en-US To: Brendan Jackman , Matthew Wilcox Cc: Brendan Jackman , Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand , Lorenzo Stoakes , "Liam R. Howlett" , Mike Rapoport , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Johannes Weiner , Zi Yan , Jan Kara , Joshua Hahn , Byungchul Park , Gregory Price , Ying Huang , Alistair Popple , Hugh Dickins , Baolin Wang , Chris Li , Kairui Song , Kemeng Shi , Nhat Pham , Baoquan He , Barry Song , Youngjun Park , "Joerg Roedel (AMD)" , Will Deacon , Robin Murphy , Huacai Chen , WANG Xuerui , Thomas Gleixner , Chuck Lever , Jeff Layton , NeilBrown , Olga Kornievskaia , Dai Ngo , Tom Talpey , Trond Myklebust , Anna Schumaker , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, iommu@lists.linux.dev, loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <20260716-folio-alloc-cleanups-v1-0-5363b8e92d33@google.com> <20260716-folio-alloc-cleanups-v1-1-5363b8e92d33@google.com> <51810eba-2a60-49f9-b879-7f806546e600@kernel.org> From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" Autocrypt: addr=vbabka@kernel.org; keydata= xsFNBFZdmxYBEADsw/SiUSjB0dM+vSh95UkgcHjzEVBlby/Fg+g42O7LAEkCYXi/vvq31JTB KxRWDHX0R2tgpFDXHnzZcQywawu8eSq0LxzxFNYMvtB7sV1pxYwej2qx9B75qW2plBs+7+YB 87tMFA+u+L4Z5xAzIimfLD5EKC56kJ1CsXlM8S/LHcmdD9Ctkn3trYDNnat0eoAcfPIP2OZ+ 9oe9IF/R28zmh0ifLXyJQQz5ofdj4bPf8ecEW0rhcqHfTD8k4yK0xxt3xW+6Exqp9n9bydiy tcSAw/TahjW6yrA+6JhSBv1v2tIm+itQc073zjSX8OFL51qQVzRFr7H2UQG33lw2QrvHRXqD Ot7ViKam7v0Ho9wEWiQOOZlHItOOXFphWb2yq3nzrKe45oWoSgkxKb97MVsQ+q2SYjJRBBH4 8qKhphADYxkIP6yut/eaj9ImvRUZZRi0DTc8xfnvHGTjKbJzC2xpFcY0DQbZzuwsIZ8OPJCc LM4S7mT25NE5kUTG/TKQCk922vRdGVMoLA7dIQrgXnRXtyT61sg8PG4wcfOnuWf8577aXP1x 6mzw3/jh3F+oSBHb/GcLC7mvWreJifUL2gEdssGfXhGWBo6zLS3qhgtwjay0Jl+kza1lo+Cv BB2T79D4WGdDuVa4eOrQ02TxqGN7G0Biz5ZLRSFzQSQwLn8fbwARAQABzSNWbGFzdGltaWwg QmFia2EgPHZiYWJrYUBrZXJuZWwub3JnPsLBsAQTAQoAWhYhBKlA1DSZLC6OmRA9UCJPp+fM gqZkBQJqFFy6GxSAAAAAAAQADm1hbnUyLDIuNSsxLjEyLDIsMgIbAwUJGtCBUAULCQgHAwUV CgkICwUWAgMBAAIeBQIXgAAKCRAiT6fnzIKmZJIUEADFx/tREzUImHrEwVHeSvDFmA7tJysI UVrlvrM09E7GIuzphzv7jYmo8n3ANpCczLEVr4G0syYQdTigaZgv3+FQDIIzhKih1IHhu1Ei XHlywNWKnQxxQEUNi5Mwx43wQz5XVw9F1A7gtKBKNtfogO511hAbrzagrYajyQacEJ/+sfhZ 9Da8ltHIXD8pcYaHUfQgEusCgmEd9+KrUwrTbckFKmYq5chuE6yJ4J0EmWknL096jIE6CnzF FRslQ3B1UKDjxVsm1ZHfir5NeWszLkTvGFsddFaWTgh8UycESG6VQzKXjjewXu2pG7YQYRpj QKm1W5X2TkwWkXRBZTmfmbhxIUMh3+zf5wQ463rSmDN/8v81tdqBtAW6rH/kzg1GvkaTHXn0 507yEHFzBksk2viAuIxxr7km8+/KARYLIdGtx30EG8cKzAUZOK6WqxtNCsXUJNrVE8CWrCaD icoNu7Fs1c5hmPHdSTnU48ce67449DdnO4neLSNhRiGlMHJgfJUmgrxu/hcYeOZ3haWmEQ2w uW1Mh01OHi8QZHCEyAbABrPs9GUgccc/4eYXX9hIgxfSkYzn8f+8NuIFPWl/0uTvjgqU29FQ SbzOLxHq9439Ox40G5mS5eZXRGxITYR+6TXvRGI6P/264jvflnr/pDGUttaikU+0W+1uxgKH cmYbEc7ATQRbGTU1AQgAn0H6UrFiWcovkh6EXVcl+SeqyO6JHOPm+e9Wu0Vw+VIUvXZVUVVQ La1PQDUi6j00ChlcR66g9/V0sPIcSutacPKfdKYOBvzd4rlhL8rfrdEsQw5ApZxrA8kYZVMh FmBRKAa6wos25moTlMKpCWzTH84+WO5+ziCTsTUZASAToz3RdunTD+vQcHj0GqNTPAHK63sf bAB2I0BslZkXkY1RLb/YhuA6E7JyEd2pilZOrIuBGl/5q2qSakgnAVFWFBR/DO27JuAksYnq +aH8vI0xGvwn75KqSk4UzAkDzWSmO4ZHuahKtQgZNsMYV+PGayRBX9b9zbldzopoLBdqHc4n jQARAQABwsF8BBgBCgAmAhsMFiEEqUDUNJksLo6ZED1QIk+n58yCpmQFAmfIHFQFCRYU6J8A CgkQIk+n58yCpmS2PA//bqN1LfcotmArgElsa+0EGZSQlYgK48pm8WAeTXTngudP9IJ4SuKY HR5RNjHcBeqN+Me0zxRqYzRb8nGanHEkDyf4Im8DQM8d6vbyU+FcPmG4skud4kgS1zMHnlVd SXfSIwKC/hKgdHG8aBV7545Lz9X6Iohea+94wneD0aw/hqF+QWewGZhWJriWAZtvEkzNjQOi 4U9F/trLten/x7bpphDSnDMKJtITbtzATT1Dq7o7VpIUK1nCTQALMuMjKCdi8OdU/+V+R3O4 0PXWvX8qrvqYapVbZ+9KqT74FsuB0Ya9uXwgBF2Q6cRuETZk5vqaqKxzqoQZCO8AOz/58j6O 2RHNy/mZEN+7tJ5Tsq42zVJ4jxsT8b9YplavCMsnBgDeRWhcbYhCyttoL7nYISyWg4kQYZ/P wIV3OuNv2f8iKYsxNsRuClOAF82+gvqOy1/1pprFjy8uo2pkoOrb63aOP3vO5VHnRKgra6dq NcaZ+c6J4H+nEJGi2SkHAUJz5oBzuThvPudLvPA/SK8sKoM01IRxSihev/S/5WLazXB1PGem OCbvzC1IjWJJraxiDJ5IygokapUa2RP7+WBR22skQ3SSl6G107QgWKSyTOGWEaRmV53vxQLV jXuCmzSSasTL60zq5yGrT4/DYQVSNEUiUbG4pYekxJujNeEDkUlky0Y= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7/29/26 13:50, Brendan Jackman wrote: > On Wed Jul 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, Brendan Jackman wrote: > ... >>>> We have a long history of people just moving stuff around in patches >>>> without knowing what the intent was if it should be moved. >>> >>> I guess this patch is not critical to the rest, if that's an issue. >> >> Well, for ALLOC_UNMAPPED we really do need an alloc_flags arg for this >> function, but we can always just go straight to what I described above. >> I.e. I can create the __ variant + wrapper from the start. It's just a >> question of whether we prefer: >> >> - "Yuck, there's a public wrapper here that we don't actually need", or >> >> - "We hid this mempolicy API and people might think we'd NACK a patch to >> un-hide it".0 >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260703-alloc-trylock-v5-2-c87b714e19d3@google.com/ > > Uh yeah so in v3 I did not depend on this patch, I just went straight to > creating __folio_alloc_mpol_noprof() here: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260726-page_alloc-unmapped-v3-25-6f5729aa9832@google.com/ > > So yeah I'd say we can just drop this controversial patch and move > forwards with the other two? Ack.