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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:48:47 +0530
From: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
CC: Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...ru>,
YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@...inux.co.jp>,
Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@...gle.com>,
Andy Whitcroft <andyw@...ibm.com>,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: What can we do to get ready for memory controller merge in 2.6.25
Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:13:17 +0530
> Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> They say better strike when the iron is hot.
>>
>> Since we have so many people discussing the memory controller, I would
>> like to access the readiness of the memory controller for mainline
>> merge.
>
>> At the VM-Summit we decided to try the current double LRU approach for
>> memory control. At this juncture in the space-time continuum, I seek
>> your support, feedback, comments and help to move the memory controller
>
> The memory controller code currently in -mm seems fine to me,
> especially with the changes that got committed over the last
> days making reclaim more efficient.
>
Yes, I agree. Per zone reclaim and lists have helped make the code
better. Credit goes to KAMEZAWA-San for the per zone code and to
YAMAMOTO-San for background reclaim.
> I don't think there are any bugs left that can be found by
> code inspection - only the kind of testing that the mainline
> kernel gets might shake out more bugs.
>
> I would like to see the memory controller code go into the
> mainline kernel ASAP.
>
Excellent, thanks!
--
Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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