linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: mm: fix vm overcommit documentation for OVERCOMMIT

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Message-ID: <875y3e70qh.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:09:58 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Vratislav Bendel <vbendel@...hat.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jozef Bacik <jobacik@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: mm: fix vm overcommit documentation for
 OVERCOMMIT_GUESS

Vratislav Bendel <vbendel@...hat.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 3:45 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 02:46:38PM +0200, vbendel@...hat.com wrote:
>  > From: Vratislav Bendel <vbendel@...hat.com>
>  > 
>  > Commit 8c7829b04c52 "mm: fix false-positive OVERCOMMIT_GUESS failures"
>  > changed the behavior of the default OVERCOMMIT_GUESS setting.
>  > Reflect the change also in the Documentation, namely files:
>  >     Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
>  >     Documentation/mm/overcommit-accounting.rst
>  > 
>  > Reported-by: Jozef Bacik <jobacik@...hat.com>
>  > Signed-off-by: Vratislav Bendel <vbendel@...hat.com>
>
>  Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> Poking this one as it's been Acked here without merging for over a
> year.  My humble opinion is that Docs should be up to date, reflecting
> the real behavior.

My humble opinion is that I must have screwed up somewhere; not sure how
this fell through the cracks.  I've applied it now, thanks and sorry for
the delay.

jon