Re: [PATCH 07/19] mm/mpol: Add MPOL_MF_NOOP

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 01 2012 - 05:45:59 EST



* Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@xxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch augments the MPOL_MF_LAZY feature by adding a
> > "NOOP" policy to mbind(). When the NOOP policy is used with
> > the 'MOVE and 'LAZY flags, mbind() [check_range()] will walk
> > the specified range and unmap eligible pages so that they
> > will be migrated on next touch.
>
> This patch is mistitled. The new flag is MPOL_NOOP. That made
> it difficult to find the commit in linux-next. Does it make
> sense to fix the patch title before this hits mainline?

In isolation such a minor title problem alone does not justify
rebasing.

Thanks,

Ingo
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