linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: change all pageblocks migrate type on coalescing

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Message-ID: <ee518adf-3a07-4e08-9a6b-f5faba5ae073-agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:49:39 +0100
From: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: change all pageblocks migrate type on
 coalescing

On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 11:06:06AM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:

Hi Johannes,

> The warning makes the issue loud, but your patch is arguably fixing an
> earlier commit that introduces type updates during merges.  How about:
> 
> Fixes: e6cf9e1c4cde ("mm: page_alloc: fix up block types when merging compatible blocks")
> Cc: stable@...nel.org

Yes, I was in doubt which commit to address - thanks for clearing it!
I will remove the last statement from the commit message and post v2.

Thanks!