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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: fix draining remote pageset
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Hi, Christopher,

"Lameter, Christopher" <cl@os.amperecomputing.com> writes:

> On Tue, 22 Aug 2023, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
>> Yes, this doesn't really show any actual correctness problem so I do not
>> think this is sufficient to change the code. You would need to show that
>> the existing behavior is actively harmful.
>
> Having some pages from a remote NUMA node stuck in a pcp somewhere is
> making that memory unusable. It is usually rate that these remote
> pages are needed again and so they may remain there for a long time if
> the situation is right.
>
> And he is right that the intended behavior of freeing the remote pages
> has been disabled by the patch.
>
> So I think there is sufficient rationale to apply these fixes.

Thanks! Can I get your "Acked-by" or "Reviewed-by" for the patch?

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Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

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