linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] mm/ksm: fix some accounting problems

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Message-ID: <9a1fdac7-8bbd-48f4-bf31-86916ddcf4ed@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 12:24:39 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Stefan Roesch <shr@...kernel.io>,
 xu xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 zhouchengming@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] mm/ksm: fix some accounting problems

On 08.05.24 11:55, Chengming Zhou wrote:
> We encounter some abnormal ksm_pages_scanned and ksm_zero_pages during
> some random tests.
> 
> 1. ksm_pages_scanned unchanged even ksmd scanning has progress.
> 2. ksm_zero_pages maybe -1 in some rare cases.
> 
> The first two patches fix these problems and the last two patches 

Can you find+add "Fixes:" tags for these? They look sane after having a 
quick peek.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb