Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] alloc_tag: mark inaccurate allocation counters in /proc/allocinfo output

[Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:48:14 -0700 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> wrote:
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> >
> > > Perhaps we can tell people what accurate:no actually means.  It is a
> > > rather disturbing thing to see!  How worried should our users be about
> > > it?
> >
> > Right. How about adding a section like this:
> >
> > Supported markers in v2:
> > accurate:no
> >               Absolute values of the counters in this line are not
> >               accurate because of the failure to allocate storage required
> >               to track some of the allocations made at this location.
> >               Deltas in these counters are accurate, therefore counters
> >               can be used to track allocation size and count changes.
> >
> >
> > If this looks good,
>
> looks awesome ;)
>
> > could you fold it into the existing patch or
> > should I respin?
>
> A little fixlet would be preferred (by me, at least).

Ok, should I post a fixup patch or you will do that in-place?