linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/mincore: provide mapped status when cached status is not allowed

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1902121405440.11598@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:09:03 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Daniel Gruss <daniel@...ss.cc>, Josh Snyder <joshs@...flix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/mincore: provide mapped status when cached status
 is not allowed

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019, Michal Hocko wrote:

> I would go with patch 1 for 5.1. Patches 2 still sounds controversial or
> incomplete to me. 

Is it because of the disagreement what 'non-blocking' really means, or do 
you see something else missing?

Merging patch just patch 1 withouth patch 2 is probably sort of useless 
excercise, unfortunately.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs