linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to debugfs

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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 22:41:54 +0530
From:   Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, glittao@...il.com,
        vinmenon@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11] mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to
 debugfs



On 6/8/2021 5:20 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:45 AM Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>
>> alloc_calls and free_calls implementation in sysfs have two issues,
>> one is PAGE_SIZE limitation of sysfs and other is it does not adhere
>> to "one value per file" rule.
>>
>> To overcome this issues, move the alloc_calls and free_calls
>> implementation to debugfs.
>>
>> Debugfs cache will be created if SLAB_STORE_USER flag is set.
>>
>> Rename the alloc_calls/free_calls to alloc_traces/free_traces,
>> to be inline with what it does.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@...eaurora.org>
>> ---
> 
> It seems you missed the version bump along with changelog.
> Note, some maintainers (actually quite many I think) are using tools
> to fetch up the patches and two patches with the same version is a
> problem. Hence I do not consider it a nit-pick.
> 
Hmmm, I think to avoid same version problem I have to push same patch
with new version number and thank you for your patience.


Thanks and regards,
Mohammed Faiyaz