linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/34] Memory management performance backports for -stable V2

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:52:18 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/34] Memory management performance backports for
 -stable V2

On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 21:18 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote: 
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de> wrote:
> > FWIW, I'm all for performance backports.  They do have a downside though
> > (other than the risk of bugs slipping in, or triggering latent bugs).
> >
> > When the next enterprise kernel is built, marketeers ask for numbers to
> > make potential customers drool over, and you _can't produce any_ because
> > you wedged all the spiffy performance stuff into the crusty old kernel.
> >
> Well do your job please.
> 
> 	Suse 11 SP1 kernel panic on HP hardware
> 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/24/136

Last time I looked, handling SUSE support issues on LKML was not in my
job description.  I don't recall seeing anything about taking direction
from random LKML subscribers either.

-Mike

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