linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/zsmalloc: fix class per-fullness zspage counts

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Message-ID: <20240628010812.GD15925@google.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:08:12 +0900
From: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Cc: minchan@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/zsmalloc: fix class per-fullness zspage counts

On (24/06/28 09:55), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> We can land this patch, if you insist/prefer, but it's some sort of
> a NOOP, essentially (in a sense that it has no visible effects).

Forgot to mention, sorry.  If we land this then I'll ask for a different
commit message.  "Fix" sounds alarming.  It would be better to say something
like "keep that stat counter accurate, but RATIO_O is never used anywhere".