Re: [PATCH mm-new v8 2/4] mm: khugepaged: refine scan progress number

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:26:12 +0000 "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org> wrote:

> > hm OK, so what to do.  We're OK with teeny -fixes but anything more
> > substantial we ask for a full resend and I do the heres-what-changed
> > reply?
> >
> 
> Yeah that works for me.
> 
> > I presently don't fold the -fixes until the very last moment.  Could do
> > that much earlier if it helps anything?  Possibly useful to people who
> > are looking at the series in the mm.git tree.
> 
> It'd generally be easier imo to have those changes folded, but with something
> added to the commit message to indicate this so I can know whether or not that
> was folded in.

I always add a [footer] when folding -fixes, eg:

[sj@kernel.org: verify found biggest system ram]
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260317144725.88524-1-sj@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260311052927.93921-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>

So one can simply chase the link.


An unfortunate exception is when the -fix is from myself - I don't take
the patch from a mailing list so I have no Link: to include, eg

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix spello, add comment]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260220151500.13585-1-rioo.tsukatsukii@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rio <rioo.tsukatsukii@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

But these things are usually quite minor and the precipitating
discussion can be found by reading the main Link:.

> Maybe just directly squash the commits?

Not understanding this proposal?