linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86: optimize page faults like all other achitectures and kill notifier cruft"

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:21:15 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, hch@....de, ak@...e.de, pq@....fi,
	jbeulich@...ell.com, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86: optimize page faults like all other
	achitectures and kill notifier cruft"

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 07:18:46AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 03:17:37 +0000 (GMT)
> Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie> wrote:
> 
> > So all distros with 2.6.24 kernels are useless to mmiotrace I don't
> > see why leaving things as is until a suitable replacement mechanism
> > can be used.. 
> 
> you work for a distro.. surely you can convince your own distro to carry this patch for one release?
> Maybe if it's this important.. so can the others...

But if it's good for a major distribution why is it not good for mainline?

We had this discussion at last kernel summit and the answer was clear.

-Andi
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