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Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:47:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Manjeet Pawar <manjeet.p@...sung.com>
cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vaneet Narang <v.narang@...sung.com>,
	AJEET YADAV <ajeet.y@...sung.com>,
	PANKAJ MISHRA <pankaj.m@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] meminfo:Don't Account Shared memory in
 MemAvailable

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Manjeet Pawar wrote:

> >> Instead of using watermark we should subtract SHMEM from pagecache for 
> >> accounting in available memory
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Vaneet Narang 
> >> Signed-off-by: Manjeet Pawar 
> >> Reviewed-by: Ajeet Yadav 
> 
> >What's missing from your commit description is: why?
> Nothing is missing from the commit description, I think this is enough to explain about the patch.
> Commit Description : Instead of using watermark we should subtract SHMEM from pagecache for accounting in available memory.

NACK to your patch until proper justification for a user-facing change is 
provided.

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