linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11] PageSlab: eliminate unnecessary compound

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:35:52 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] PageSlab: eliminate unnecessary compound_head()
 calls

> It's good to have common north stars to set the direction of where to
> place efforts ("small struct page, dynamically allocated descriptors
> etc.") but I don't think it makes sense to take on yet more tech debt
> in this area for a future that may not pan out the way we think now.
> 

That precisely sums up my thoughts, thanks Johannes.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb