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Date:   Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:21:05 +0100
From:   "Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)" 
        <alx.mailinglists@...il.com>
To:     "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V6 RESEND 2/3] NOT kernel/man-pages:
 man2/set_mempolicy.2: Add mode flag MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING

Hi Huang, Ying,

Sorry I forgot to answer.
See below.

BTW, Linux 5.10 has been released recently;
is this series already merged for 5.11?
If not yet, could you just write '5.??' and we'll fix it (and add a
commit number in a comment) when we know the definitive version?

Thanks,

Alex

On 12/8/20 9:13 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
> Hi, Alex,
> 
> Sorry for late, I just notice this email today.
> 
> "Alejandro Colomar (mailing lists; readonly)"
> <alx.mailinglists@...il.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi Huang Ying,
>>
>> Please see a few fixes below.
>>
>> Michael, as always, some question for you too ;)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 12/2/20 9:42 AM, Huang Ying wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
>>> ---
>>>  man2/set_mempolicy.2 | 9 +++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/man2/set_mempolicy.2 b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> index 68011eecb..3754b3e12 100644
>>> --- a/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> +++ b/man2/set_mempolicy.2
>>> @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ A nonempty
>>>  .I nodemask
>>>  specifies node IDs that are relative to the set of
>>>  node IDs allowed by the process's current cpuset.
>>> +.TP
>>> +.BR MPOL_F_NUMA_BALANCING " (since Linux 5.11)"
>>
>> I'd prefer it to be in alphabetical order (rather than just adding at
>> the bottom).
> 
> That's OK for me.  But it's better to be done in another patch to
> distinguish contents from pure order change?

Yes, if you could do a series of 2 patches with a reordering first, it
would be great.

> 
>> That way, when lists grow, it's easier to find things.
>>
>>> +Enable the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if it is supported
>>> +by kernel.
>>
>> I'd s/Linux kernel/kernel/ when it doesn't specifically refer to the
>> Linux kernel to differentiate it from other kernels.  It only adds noise
>> (IMHO).  mtk?
> 
> Sure.  Will fix this and all following comments below.  Thanks a lot for
> your help!  I am new to man pages.

Thank you!

> 
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
>