uksmd-patches gets removed from older kernel versions upon release of a new kernel version, albeit patch does not change.

[dreirund]

Ahoj,

I have seen that while upgrading from linux 6.8 to linux 6.9, your userspace-assisted KSM (UKSM) patch was removed from your 6.8 directory tree and moved to the 6.9 directory tree, although it is the very same file (same sha256 checksum):

• Old: 6.8/uksmd-patches/0001-mm-expose-per-process-KSM-control-via-syscalls.patch
• New: 6.9/uksmd-patches/0001-mm-expose-per-process-KSM-control-via-syscalls.patch

Other patches you keep around in the old trees.

This at first broke a build for me (6.8 is still getting new versions at kernel.org, currently 6.8.11), until I figured out that you removed it.

Is there any specific reason that that patch is not kept when newer kernels come along?
Is it possible to keep it?

Regards and thanks for your repository providing the individual kernel patches!

[sirlucjan]

Sorry, I completely missed this notification. It occurred most simply by mistake.

[dreirund]

It occurred most simply by mistake.

Does it mean you will restore the patches for the older kernel versions?

[sirlucjan]

6.8 contains https://github.com/sirlucjan/kernel-patches/tree/master/6.8/uksmd-cachyos-patches and this should be exactly the same. I can't keep all the patches because some of them are on sizable. The size of the repository on github has its limit

[dreirund]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 01:06:34 -0700, Piotr Górski ***@***.***> wrote: 6.8 contains https://github.com/sirlucjan/kernel-patches/tree/master/6.8/uksmd-cachyos-patches and this should be exactly the same. I can't keep all the patches because some of them are on sizable. The size of the repository on github has its limit

Symlink?

[sirlucjan]

I focus on the latest kernel lines. The redundant and obsolete ones I intend to discard from time to time.