linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm: reduce pagetable-freeing latencies

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Message-ID: <20070724112200.GA4912@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:22:00 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] mm: reduce pagetable-freeing latencies


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> What a truly putrid patch.  I am suspecting that this was a quick 
> get-you-out-of-trouble thing, which then got forgotten about.
> 
> We have two months to do the "right fix".  Please?

sure. Just wanted to bring attention to this issue - the regression got 
introduced in v2.6.15. I'd be happy to test-drive Ben's patch in -rt.

	Ingo
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