On 1/26/23 02:11, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:44:30 +0000 Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If we drop Vlastimil's reversion and apply this, the whole series > should be cc:stable and it isn't really designed for that. > > So I think either > > a) drop Vlastimil's reversion and persuade Mel to send us a minimal > version of patch #4 for -stable consumption. Patches 1-3 of this > series come later. > > b) go ahead with Vlastimil's revert for -stable, queue up this > series for 6.3-rc1 and redo the original "fix set skip in > fast_find_migrateblock" some time in the future. > > If we go with b) then the Fixes: tag in "[PATCH 4/4] mm, compaction: > Finish pageblocks on complete migration failure" is inappropriate - > fixing a reverted commit which Vlastimil's revert already fixed. > > I'll plan on b) for now. Agreed with the plan b). I couldn't review this yet due to being sick, but I doubt I would have enough confidence to fast-track the series to 6.2 and 6.1-stable. It's subtle enough area and extra time in -next and full -rc cycle will help.
