Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: completely disable THP bytransparent_hugepage=0

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Jun 22 2011 - 02:23:57 EST


On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Cong Wang wrote:

> > If you're proposing a patch for a specific purpose, it's appropriate to
> > include that in the changelog.
>
> Sorry, I can't put everything you don't see into the changelog.
>

As far as changelogs go, yes, we can demand that.

> >
> > But now that I know what you're proposing this for, it's an easy NACK:
> > transparent_hugepage=0 has no significant benefit over
> > transparent_hugepage=never for kdump because the memory savings is
> > negligible.
>
> I hate to repeat things, sorry, please go for the other thread where I
> replied to Andrea.
>

All of this needs to be in the changelog if you want your patches to even
be considered, thanks.
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