linux-kernel - RE: mmotm 2014-09-22-16-57 uploaded

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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:08:54 +0000
From:	Anish Bhatt <anish@...lsio.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	"sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"mhocko@...e.cz" <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: RE: mmotm 2014-09-22-16-57 uploaded

> > cc'ing Anish Bhatt.
> >
> He knows about it, as do David Miller and Randy Dunlap (who proposed it)
> [1].
> There just doesn't seem to be an agreement on how to fix the problem.
> A simple revert doesn't work anymore since there are multiple follow-up
> patches, and if I understand correctly David is opposed to a revert anyway.

Dave is working on  a patch based on Randy's last solution :
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg297593.html

Not sure of the current status.
-Anish
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