linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PR_*ET_THP_DISABLE.2const: document addition of PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT

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Message-ID: <ba4acf5d-1092-48f3-9c99-b644a0aa96fa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 18:01:58 +0100
From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-man@...r.kernel.org, david@...hat.com, lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com,
 hannes@...xchg.org, baohua@...nel.org, shakeel.butt@...ux.dev,
 ziy@...dia.com, laoar.shao@...il.com, baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com,
 Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PR_*ET_THP_DISABLE.2const: document addition of
 PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED



On 01/09/2025 17:40, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Usama,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 05:18:22PM +0100, Usama Arif wrote:
>> I am not sure what the right time is to send the mandoc changes.
>> The patches have been merged into mm-new for more than 2 weeks.
>> We can still review it and I can resend if needed after the kernel release if that
>> is a more appropriate time?
> 
> No, this is fine.  Let's refine the patches for now.
> 
> Once we're done, I guess we can either wait until they arrive at Linus's
> tree, or if you're very confident this will reach a release eventually,
> we can merge it now here, and eventually fix it if something small
> changes later.  I don't mind too much.  It's more up to you, and how
> much you expect this to change before the actual release of Linux.
> 

Thanks!

Yeah I wouldnt expect this to change at all before the release. The patches
were extensively discussed on the mailing list and were acked by the THP
maintainers and reviewers, so the possibility of the interface changing
is extremely low.
> 
> Have a lovely day!
> Alex
>