Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] vmscan.c: add a sysctl entry for controlling memory reclaim IO congestion_wait length

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Thu Sep 19 2019 - 04:23:58 EST


On Thu 19-09-19 09:32:48, Lin Feng wrote:
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>
> On 9/18/19 20:27, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > Please do not post a new version with a minor compile fixes until there
> > is a general agreement on the approach. Willy had comments which really
> > need to be resolved first.
>
> Sorry, but thanks for pointing out.
>
> >
> > Also does this
> > [...]
> > > Reported-by: kbuild test robot<lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > really hold? Because it suggests that the problem has been spotted by
> > the kbuild bot which is kinda unexpected... I suspect you have just
> > added that for the minor compilation issue that you have fixed since the
> > last version.
>
> Yes, I do know the issue is not reported by the robot, but
> just followed the kbuild robot tip, this Reported-by suggested by kbuild robot
> seems a little misleading, I'm not sure if it has other meanings.
> 'If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>'

This would be normally the case for a patch which only fixes the
particular issue. You can credit the bot in the changelog while
documenting changes between version.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs