[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 6/8] PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend sequence

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Tue Jul 8 22:39:22 PDT 2025


> In this instance I honestly haven't read the LLM explanation. I agree
> with you that the explanation is flawed, but the patch clearly fixes a
> problem:
> 
> 	"On AMD dGPUs this can lead to failed suspends under memory
> 	pressure situations as all VRAM must be evicted to system memory
> 	or swap."
> 
> So it was included in the AUTOSEL patchset.

Is "may fix a problem" the only criteria for -stable inclusion? You
have been acting as if so. Please update the rules, if so.

> > I assume going forward that AUTOSEL will not consider any patches
> > involving the core kernel and the user/kernel ABI going forward.  The
> > areas I have been involved with over the years, and for which my review
> > might be interesting.
> 
> The filter is based on authorship and SoBs. Individual maintainers of a
> subsystem can elect to have their entire subsystem added to the ignore
> list.

Then the filter is misdesigned.

BR,
								Pavel


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