linux-kernel - Re: buffered write patches, -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

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Message-Id: <20070711102332.d5ffd572.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:23:32 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Subject: Re: buffered write patches, -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:39:44 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:

> >  pagefault-in-write deadlock fixes.  Will hold for 2.6.24.
> 
> Why that?

At Nick's request.  More work is needed and the code hasn't had a lot of
testing/thought/exposure/review.

>  This stuff has been in forever and is needed at various
> levels.  We need this in for anything to move forward on the buffered
> write front.
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