Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/page_alloc: enforce upper bound on min_free_kbytes sysctl write

[Mohammed EL Kadiri]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is an admin only interface and we assume whoever has access can
> realize consequences of the set value. Auto-tuning really cannot make
> any judgment call so it needs a cap. The same doens't hold for the
> admin.
[...]
> There is nothing really to fix.

Thanks for the explanation. This is a useful lesson for future syzbot
reports that need root. I'll drop this patch.

Thanks,
Mohammed