linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] WorkStruct: Shrink work

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Message-ID: <10937.1164282273@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:44:33 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] WorkStruct: Shrink work_struct by two thirds 

Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> wrote:

> > These patches shrink work_struct by 8 of the 12 words it ordinarily
> > consumes.
> 
> waaaaaaaay too many rejects for me, sorry.  This is quite the worst time in
> the kernel cycle to be preparing patches like this.  Especially when they're
> against mainline when everyone has so much material pending.
> 
> Please wait until 2.6.20-rc1, or prepare diffs against next -mm.

I'll wait till -rc1.

I could give you diffs against -mm, but I'm not sure it's help:-/  This sort
of blanket patch really needs to go underneath your patch queue rather than on
top of it, I think.

Of course, it all depends on whether Linus wants to take it at all...  Linus?

David
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