Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] memblock: cleanup memblock_free interface

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 18:10:49 EST


On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 02:20:33PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:50 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The first patch is a cleanup of numa_distance allocation in arch_numa I've
> > spotted during the conversion.
> > The second patch is a fix for Xen memory freeing on some of the error
> > paths.
>
> Well, at least patch 2 looks like something that should go into 5.15
> and be marked for stable.
>
> Patch 1 looks like a trivial local cleanup, and could go in
> immediately. Patch 4 might be in that same category.
>
> The rest look like "next merge window" to me, since they are spread
> out and neither bugfixes nor tiny localized cleanups (iow renaming
> functions, global resulting search-and-replace things).
>
> So my gut feel is that two (maybe three) of these patches should go in
> asap, with three (maybe four) be left for 5.16.
>
> IOW, not trat this as a single series.
>
> Hmm?

Yes, why not :)
I'd keep patch 4 for the next merge window, does not look urgent to me.

Andrew, can you please take care of this or you'd prefer me resending
everything separately?

> Linus

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.