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Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 17:54:07 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org> Subject: Re: swap-prefetch: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans * Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote: > - If replying, please be sure to cc the appropriate individuals. > Please also consider rewriting the Subject: to something > appropriate. i'm wondering about swap-prefetch: mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch swap-prefetch-avoid-repeating-entry.patch add-__gfp_movable-for-callers-to-flag-allocations-from-high-memory-that-may-be-migrated-swap-prefetch.patch The swap-prefetch feature is relatively compact: 10 files changed, 745 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) it is contained mostly to itself: mm/swap_prefetch.c | 581 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ i've reviewed it once again and in the !CONFIG_SWAP_PREFETCH case it's a clear NOP, while in the CONFIG_SWAP_PREFETCH=y case all the feedback i've seen so far was positive. Time to have this upstream and time for a desktop-oriented distro to pick it up. I think this has been held back way too long. It's .config selectable and it is as ready for integration as it ever is going to be. So it's a win/win scenario. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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