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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 14/14] mm: multi-gen LRU: design doc
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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:

> On 07/04/22 10.15, Yu Zhao wrote:
>> Add a design doc.
>> 
>
> Why is this design documentation added?

...because perhaps other developers might want to understand the design
of this complex mechanism?

Bagas, it is hard enough to get people to write useful documentation as
it is.  Could I ask you to please stop adding useless friction to the
process?

Thanks,

jon