linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/huge_memory: do not change split_huge

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Message-ID: <16b10383-1d3a-428c-918a-3bbf1f9f495d@lucifer.local>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:06:41 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, linmiaohe@...wei.com,
        david@...hat.com, jane.chu@...cle.com, kernel@...kajraghav.com,
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        Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/huge_memory: do not change split_huge_page*()
 target order silently.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 09:03:27PM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> On 16 Oct 2025, at 16:59, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:32:17 -0400 Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> Do we want to cc stable?
> >>
> >> This only triggers a warning, so I am inclined not to.
> >> But some config decides to crash on kernel warnings. If anyone thinks
> >> it is worth ccing stable, please let me know.
> >
> > Yes please.  Kernel warnings are pretty serious and I do like to fix
> > them in -stable when possible.
> >
> > That means this patch will have a different routing and priority than
> > the other two so please split the warning fix out from the series.
>
> OK. Let me send this one and cc stable.

You've added a bunch of confusion here, now if I review the rest of this series
it looks like I'm reviewing it with this stale patch included.

Can you please resend the remainder of the series as a v3 so it's clear? Thanks!