linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Add kmem

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Message-ID: <ZvoEPyrJF4uk1_LI@google.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:51:59 -0700
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
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	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Add kmem_cache iterator and kfunc
 (v2)

Hello Alexei,

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:00:56AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 11:41 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm proposing a new iterator and a kfunc for the slab memory allocator
> > to get information of each kmem_cache like in /proc/slabinfo or
> > /sys/kernel/slab in more flexible way.
> >
> > v2 changes)
> 
> The subject is confusing CI and human readers.
> Please use [PATCH v3 bpf-next ..] in the future.
> 
> Also note that RFC patches are never going to be applied and they are
> ignored by BPF CI.
> If you want things to land then drop the RFC tag.

Ok, I'll change the subject line in the next version.

Thanks,
Namhyung