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x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A91EE40011 X-Stat-Signature: ex61dibbnbsi9nk98owubxwb1jnnefwe X-Rspamd-Server: rspam06 X-HE-Tag: 1774463812-688653 X-HE-Meta: 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 QXLbfWAN oaTbnihT0cF/xLx131Hby31FbEvmzY6dPzqRf5QbLrLSdFxj8/osSwJbJM/DnJBSX7x2jf6OZN1oWOUmp+boEeDMqmWv0UhUcvdbwv2RUSID3eJC8sxmeOZhoNmqeXqcOYbUTKzkI4jgtSSl7I7lIOwlVFGBvX6yy7z/W2h03ohv0G1GxmlRzlrf7BuXkYv+9XPANLT+XqL0CBIQDKlPM+n4vYxgOKT8Y0k7CQhrVnAwJ0VJK7Vw7xGpzAsaO8cn6XI84iS5LKWzo9PQyv2NN7Errw2vWUu6uK8rp5h1OyekNrqyJDFaiUTwuhmiIlWjfwbGq3hkf4Jl5eKEH/BETRf6/WJ5sGEqhnf9yN7SDx3HIUg+Bc/Zg/dS5QkNxmPEYgNAa3w+xt3W8108lTalmJVqjB3MwOH2szy4LZGieBDG/zlohSQ05tleuCj5CHRQzgVtJ0Tu3OEsM4vtKA5MFs16VMCiZu9qDNP6Q++IByrrY/gPIdoqear70U5+yGpdT46EX Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:26:12 +0000 "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" 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 Cc: Yang yingliang 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 Cc: Joel Granados Cc: Petr Mladek Cc: Wang Jinchao Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 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?