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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] MM_CID and HPCC mm_struct static init fixes
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:59:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222175957.bfc9cf8b25e587f3f5e304bc@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251221232926.450602-1-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>

On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:29:21 -0500 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:

> Mark Brown reported a regression [1] on linux next due to the
> hierarchical percpu counters (HPCC). You mentioned they were only in
> mm-new (and therefore not pulled into -next) [2], but it looks like they
> got more exposure that we expected. :)

We try to please ;)

Mark's report is why this series remains in mm-new and didn't get
promoted to mm-unstable (and hence linux-next).

Also, I anticipate a new version of this series thanks to
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2fb78e41-5e56-425f-925f-a29524355d2c@efficios.com

> This bug hunting got me to fix static initialization issues in both
> MM_CID (for upstream) and HPCC (mm-new). Mark tested my series and
> confirmed that it fixes his issues.
> 
> Please consider the HPCC fixes for mm-new, and the MM_CID fixes for
> upstream.
> 
> This series is based on mm-new
> commit 287373d0b6ee ("selftests/mm: fix comment for check_test_requirements")

Well, simply appending this series to your "mm: Fix OOM killer
inaccuracy on large many-core systems, v10" will create an annoying
bisection hole.

Also, there are some cc:stable fixes in here which depend upon the
presence of "mm: Fix OOM killer inaccuracy on large many-core systems"
series, which is all backwards.


So for now I'll toss this series in there for testing but I'll ask for
a redo, please.

- All cc:stable patches prepared in a standalone fashion against
  latest mainline.

- Any non-cc:stable patches which fix things in current mm-new come
  next.  Perhaps view these as preparation for "mm: Fix OOM killer
  inaccuracy on large many-core systems".

- Then "mm: Fix OOM killer inaccuracy on large many-core systems,
  v11" which incorporates anything which didn't make it into the above
  two categories.

That could be as many as three patch series. Thanks.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-12-23  2:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-21 23:29 Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-21 23:29 ` [PATCH v1 1/5] mm: Add missing static initializer for init_mm::mm_cid.lock Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-21 23:29 ` [PATCH v1 2/5] mm: Rename cpu_bitmap field to flexible_array Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-21 23:29 ` [PATCH v1 3/5] mm: Take into account mm_cid size for mm_struct static definitions Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-21 23:29 ` [PATCH v1 4/5] mm: Take into account hierarchical percpu tree items for static mm_struct definitions Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-21 23:29 ` [PATCH v1 5/5] tsacct: Skip all kernel threads Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-12-23  1:59 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2025-12-24 16:37   ` [PATCH v1 0/5] MM_CID and HPCC mm_struct static init fixes Mathieu Desnoyers

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