On 1/19/2026 1:52 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Please tolerate a little whining about the timeliess here. We're at
> -rc6, v4 was added to mm.git over a month ago, had quite a lot of
> review, this is very close to being moved into the mm-stable branch and now
> we get v5. Argh.
>
I sincerely apologize for this.
I had this doubt on sending an incremental patch or V5:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]
>> V5:
>> - In patch 2/2, Simplify dirty writeback retry logic (David)
> Are you sure this is the only change? It looks like a lot for a
> simplification and I'm wondering if we should retain the v4 series and
> defer a simplification for separate consideration during the next
> cycle.
Yes, patch 1/2 is unchanged and patch 2/2 is the only change.
The diff looks larger due to code movement but logic is actually simpler now.
I completely understand if you prefer to keep V4 and defer this
refactoring. I'm sorry for creating this late-cycle churn. Please let me
know what you'd prefer and I'll follow your guidance.
Thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Shivank
