On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 07:58:47PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > You'll most likely have to touch each and every place either way, for > example when suddenly returning "null" instead of a pte. It's just a matter > of making this easier to review and the changes as minimal and as clear as > possible. I imagine the leading series to add the simplified API would include the null return already - the THP race avoidance requires it anyhow. So you end up with a simpler self contained series that is a stand alone improvement followed by a much smaller series here that doesn't got back and re-touch the first series's changes. Jason