linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] prctl: introduce PR_SET/GET_THP

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Message-ID: <6a86eec6-4d94-4273-9796-7ed31e2ea34a@lucifer.local>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 09:51:29 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...hat.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, hannes@...xchg.org, shakeel.butt@...ux.dev,
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        baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
        npache@...hat.com, ryan.roberts@....com, vbabka@...e.cz,
        jannh@...gle.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] prctl: introduce PR_SET/GET_THP_POLICY

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 08:46:43AM +0100, Usama Arif wrote:
>
>
> On 20/05/2025 06:14, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > NACK the whole series.
> >
> > Usama - I explicitly said make this an RFC, so we can see what this
> > approach _looks like_ to further examine it, to which you agreed. And now
> > you've sent it non-RFC. That's not acceptable.
> >
> > If you agree to something in review, it's not then optional as to whether
> > you do it.
>
> It was a bit late yesterday and I completely forgot to change --subject-prefix="PATCH v3"
> to --subject-prefix="RFC v3". Mistakes happen and I apologize.

Ack, but in future please try to be careful about this! This obviously
changes the nature of the series and important to highlight we're still in
the planning stages here.

>
> I agreed to make it RFC and had full intention of doing that.
> Would you like me to resend it with the RFC tag?

There's no need, we've got discussion here already so it's sensible to keep
things as-is, the series is in-effect an RFC now as it's NACK'd.

>
> Thanks,
> Usama

Cheers, Lorenzo