On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 02:23:08AM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > I think these patches are fine for investigating whatever is the > problem currently afflicting you and mm under trinity; but we all > have our temporary debugging patches, I don't think all deserve > preservation in everyone else's kernel, that amounts to far more > clutter than any are worth. One problem with keeping things like this in -mm (or other non-Linus tree) is that they bit-rot quickly, and become a pain to apply, especially if they are perpetually on top of other changes in -mm. I looked at trying these patches on Linus' tree when Sasha posted them, but lost motivation when I realized they needed other bits of -mm too. It may be that after Andrews 3.18+ mega-merge things would be simpler, but I have a feeling it wouldn't be long before the situation would arise again. Dave -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>