On Mon 28-03-22 14:43:52, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 02:29:20PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > I'd appreciate if we could merge most MM-related stuff through the -MM > > tree; it exists for a reason IMHO. Andrew, you usually have a very good > > feeling when something's ready to be merged upstream (sufficient review > > from relevant folks, sufficient exposure via -mm and -next, ...). > > The problem is that the MM tree is completely unusable when patches going > in through other trees need to be based on it. The MM workflow clearly > works well for Andrew, but it doesn't work well for us as a community. This is not the first time this has been brought up over years. We have discussed the existing workflow at the LSFMM two years ago without a larger consensus. I believe we want/need to resurrect those discussions again. IMHO the existing workflow is more and more hitting its limits so we should really think about a long term solution. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
