linux-kernel - Re: Folio discussion recap

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Date:   Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:21:59 -0400
From:   Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Folio discussion recap

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 01:02:09AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> I can't answer for Matthew.
> 
> Anon conversion patchset doesn't exists yet (but it is in plans) so
> there's nothing to split out. Once someone will come up with such patchset
> he has to sell it upstream on its own merit.

Perhaps we've been operating under some incorrect assumptions then. If the
current patch series doesn't actually touch anonymous pages - the patch series
does touch code in e.g. mm/swap.c, but looking closer it might just be due to
the (mis)organization of the current code - maybe there aren't any real
objections left?