linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] shmem: writepage directly to swap

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Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:17:40 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Christoph Rohland <hans-christoph.rohland@....com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] shmem: writepage directly to swap

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Synopsis: if shmem_writepage calls swap_writepage directly, most shmem swap
> loads benefit, and a catastrophic interaction between SLUB and some flash
> storage is avoided.

> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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