Re: [PATCH] mm: stop recalculating min_free_kbytes once set by userspace

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 05:38:26PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Do you (and others) feel that we should backport this?  Or is it just
> not applicable to real-world users of older kernels?
>
> If we expect there to be non-zero users of 64k-page kernels on older
> versions then I think "yes, our users will benefit from this".

This is a functional change, so I don't think a backport is appropriate. We add
useful stuff in newer kernel versions all the time :) users who wish to benefit
from them need to update their kernels.

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Cheers, Lorenzo