linux-kernel - Re: Regression from 2.6.36

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:21:30 +0200
From:	"azurIt" <azurit@...ox.sk>
To:	"Mel Gorman" <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"Changli Gao" <xiaosuo@...il.com>,
	"Am?rico Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	"Jiri Slaby" <jslaby@...e.cz>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Regression from 2.6.36


So it's really not necessary ? It would be better for us if you can go without it cos it means to run buggy kernel for one more day.

Which kernel versions will include this fix ?

Thank you very much!

azur



______________________________________________________________
> Od: "Mel Gorman" <mgorman@...e.de>
> Komu: azurIt <azurit@...ox.sk>
> Dátum: 15.04.2011 15:01
> Predmet: Re: Regression from 2.6.36
>
> CC: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, "Changli Gao" <xiaosuo@...il.com>, "Am?rico Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, "Jiri Slaby" <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, "Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...il.com>
>On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 13:36 +0200, azurIt wrote:
>> sysfs was already mounted:
>> 
>> # mount
>> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
>> 
>> 
>> I have enabled all of the options you suggested and also CONFIG_DEBUG_FS ;) I will boot new kernel this night. Hope it won't degraded performance much..
>> 
>
>It's only for curiousity's sake. As you report the patch fixes the
>problem, it matches the theory that it's allocator latency. The script
>would confirm it for sure, but it's not a high priority.
>
>-- 
>Mel Gorman
>SUSE Labs
>
>
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