linux-kernel - Re: [v3 PATCH 0/3] mm/mempolicy: some fix and semantics cleanup

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Date:   Mon, 31 May 2021 14:41:28 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, ying.huang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [v3 PATCH 0/3] mm/mempolicy: some fix and semantics cleanup

On Mon, 31 May 2021 22:05:53 +0800 Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com> wrote:

> We've posted v4 patchset introducing a new "perfer-many" memory policy
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1615952410-36895-1-git-send-email-feng.tang@intel.com/ ,
> for which Michal Hocko gave many comments while pointing out some
> problems, and we also found some semantics confusion about 'prefer'
> and 'local' policy, as well as some duplicated code. This patchset
> tries to address them. Please help to review, thanks!
> 
> The patchset has been run with some sanity test like 'stress-ng'
> and 'ltp', and no problem found.

None of the above is suitable for the [0/n] overall description.  I
copied-n-pasted the v1 cover letter from the above link.  Please check
that it is all still correct and up to date.  If not, please send along
replacement text, thanks.