linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Selectively enable self-reclaim

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:37:39 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Roman Jarosz <kedgedev@...il.com>,
	A Rojas <nqn1976list@...il.com>,
	"A. Boulan" <arnaud.boulan@...ertysurf.fr>, michael@...nelt.co.at,
	jcnengel@...glemail.com, rientjes@...gle.com, earny@...4u.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Selectively enable self-reclaim

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 05:14:41PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:09:55 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > 
> > > v2: Pass gfp into page mapping.
> > 
> > Ahh, you did need the whole complexity of ->readpage?
> > 
> > Ok, in that case, can you test if this works for you?
> 
> Yes, it survives a short torture test that leaks lots of bo objects from
> X. Obviously this patch depends upon the new interface.

So does this needs that previous patch is still valid for 2.6.32-stable ?
If so, you'll probably have to point it to Greg directly so that he has
no trouble backporting the new one.

Willy

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