linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] numa node stats alternative fix

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Date:   Mon,  2 Jan 2017 16:30:55 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Jia He <hejianet@...il.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] numa node stats alternative fix

Hi,
this is an alternative fix for [1] which is currently sitting in the mm
tree.  I believe that the patch 1 is better because it allows to get rid
of __GFP_OTHER_NODE (patch 2) and it uses less branches as well. Vlastimil
has also shown [2] that the patch from Jia He is not fully compatible with
the code before the patch it tries to fix. I do not think that the issue
is serious enough to warrant stable tree inclusion.

Can we have these patches merged instead?

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481522347-20393-1-git-send-email-hejianet@gmail.com
[2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/233ed490-afb9-4644-6d84-c9f888882da2@suse.cz