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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: restore zone_reclaim_mode ABI
Hi Dave,

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 06:53:33AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Was there something else specifically in the documentation which you
> think I've neglected?

The first paragraph explains how you ended up modifying the code. While
I understand that you want to document the process, it wont help
a reader in future. It doesn't add any intersting information at all.
Just state what you're doing as first thing and explain why you are
doing it after it.

> > I think the documentation update should not be part of this patch.
> > This makes the back porting to stable more difficult.
>
> Really? If a backporter doesn't care about documentation, I'd just
> expect them to see the reject, ignore it, and move on with their life.
> If they do, they'd want the code fix and the Documentation/ update in
> the same patch so that they don't get disconnected.

I understood you are fixing a regression ingroduced by a previous change. In
this case I would only fix the regression. Updating/improving the
documentation is good, I just don't think it's necessary to back port it to
stables trees along side the bug fix.

Thanks,
Daniel

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