linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Docs/mm/allocation-profiling: describe sysctrl limitations in debug mode

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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpGS_Kw7O1tTWAVs_6dHMPjewh9NLSB2TNRTKXTcwbq0xw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:45:28 -0800
From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
	kent.overstreet@...ux.dev, corbet@....net, ranxiaokai627@....com, 
	ran.xiaokai@....com.cn, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Docs/mm/allocation-profiling: describe sysctrl
 limitations in debug mode

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:05:25 -0800 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 09:45:57PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> > > > > +  warnings produces by allocations made while profiling is disabled and freed
> > > >
> > > > "produced"
> > >
> > > Thanks! I'll wait for a day and if there are no other objections, I
> > > will post a fixed version.
> >
> > Assuming Matthiew's good finding will be fixed,
> >
> > Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
>
> Thanks!
>
> >
> > Fwiw, the typo is also on the .../sysctl/vm.rst part.
>
> Correct, I'll fix in both places.

v2 is posted at
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260116184423.2708363-1-surenb@google.com/

>
> > And from the finding, I
> > was wondering if it is better to put the description only one of two documents
> > rather than having the duplication, and further if the 'Usage:' part of
> > allocation-profiling.rst is better to be moved to
> > 'Documentation/admin-guide/mm/'.  But I ended up thinking those are too trivial
> > and small things.
>
> Yes, I didn't want to complicate reader's life by adding a reference
> for a couple of sentences.
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > SJ