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From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: vmstat: fix /proc/sys/vm/stat_refresh generating
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On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:06:55PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > 
> > Though another alternative did occur to me overnight: we could
> > scrap the logged warning, and show "nr_whatever -53" as output
> > from /proc/sys/vm/stat_refresh: that too would be acceptable
> > to me, and you redirect to /dev/null.
> 
> It sounds like a good idea to me. Do you want me to prepare a patch?

Yes, if you like that one best, please do prepare a patch - thanks!

Hugh