linux-kernel - Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v3] mm/thp: fix "mm: thp: kill __transhuge_page

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Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:20:16 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Zach O'Keefe" <zokeefe@...gle.com>
Cc:     Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v3] mm/thp: fix
 "mm: thp: kill __transhuge_page_enabled()"

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:56:21 -0700 "Zach O'Keefe" <zokeefe@...gle.com> wrote:

> >From this back/forth with David/Matthew, seems like we're OK saying,
> "this was a mistake", and that we can take the patch (need some form
> of Ack or Reviewed-by from them first, to confirm)

Yup.  And please let's update the changelog to reflect the details
which have been discussed thus far.

If the change *makes sense* for the current kernel then let's proceed,
regardless of the broken driver issue.

But adding a cc:stable would require extra argumentation, which I will
be interested to read ;)