linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window)

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Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:26:24 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Cyclonus J <cyclonusj@...il.com>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, ngupta@...are.org,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>, JBeulich@...ell.com,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window)

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Cyclonus J <cyclonusj@...il.com> wrote:
>> I felt it would be difficult to try and merge any tmem KVM patches until
>> both frontswap and cleancache are in the kernel, thats why the
>> development is currently paused at the POC level.
>
> Same here. I am working a KVM support for Transcedent Memory as well.
> It would be nice to see this in the mainline.

We don't really merge code for future projects - especially when it
touches the core kernel.

As for the frontswap patches, there's pretty no ACKs from MM people
apart from one Reviewed-by from Andrew. I really don't see why the
pull request is sent directly to Linus...

                        Pekka
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