Re: + mm-page_alloc-use-write_seqlock_irqsave-instead-write_seqlock-local_irq_save.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2023-07-03 10:00:47 [+0200], Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 03-07-23 09:09:46, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Nacked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > because of https://lkml.kernel.org/r/a1c559b7-335e-5401-d167-301c5b1cd312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
> 
> This is not really productive approach! You are rising non-material
> concerns you haven't proven to be real. This is blocking otherwise
> useful fix. I am completely fine recording your nack with a reference to
> your concern should we ever trip over your concerns and so we can easily
> revert and find a different solution but I do not believe this should
> stand in the way in the fix.
> 
> Now concerning the patch 1 in the series, I do agree this should be
> passing through the lockdep maintainers. But this fix is not really
> dependent on it.

I fully agree here.

Sebastian