Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] prctl: extend PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to only provide THPs when advised

From: Usama Arif
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 04:09:52 EST




On 13/08/2025 07:06, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Usama - did we plan another respin here? I ask as not in mm-new.
>

Yes, I have the changes ready since last week, was just waiting for a respin of
the selftest cleanup series that David mentioned in [1], but I dont see it
in the mailing list. I will just do the cleanup in my series and send it.


> Also heads up, my mm flags series will break this one, so if you're
> respinning, please make sure to use the mm flag helpers described in [0].

Sounds good, Thanks for the heads up!

I do see this in mm-new, so will just send the next revision today tested
on latest mm-new.


>
> It's really simple, you just do:
>
> mm_flags_test(MMF_xxx, mm) instead of test_bit(MMF_xxx, &mm->flags)
> mm_flags_set(MMF_xxx, mm) instead of set_bit(MMF_xxx, &mm->flags)
> mm_flags_clear(MMF_xxx, mm) instead of clear_bit(MMF_xxx, &mm->flags)
>
> So should be very quick to fixup.
>
> Sorry about that, but should be super simple to sort out.
>
> Cheers, Lorenzo
>
> [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/cover.1755012943.git.lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/eec7e868-a61f-41ed-a8ef-7ff80548089f@xxxxxxxxxx/