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

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Message-Id: <4EB3B52E020000780005EF43@nat28.tlf.novell.com>
Date:	Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:49:34 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Neo Jia" <cyclonusj@...il.com>, <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	"JeremyFitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Dave Hansen" <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Seth Jennings" <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@....net>,
	"Chris Mason" <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	"Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	"Konrad Wilk" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>, <ngupta@...are.org>,
	"LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window)

>>> On 04.11.11 at 01:54, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:49:27 +0000 "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com> wrote:
> 
>> >>> On 27.10.11 at 20:52, Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Linus --
>> > 
>> > Frontswap now has FOUR users: Two already merged in-tree (zcache
>> > and Xen) and two still in development but in public git trees
>> > (RAMster and KVM).  Frontswap is part 2 of 2 of the core kernel
>> > changes required to support transcendent memory; part 1 was cleancache
>> > which you merged at 3.0 (and which now has FIVE users).
>> > 
>> > Frontswap patches have been in linux-next since June 3 (with zero
>> > changes since Sep 22).  First posted to lkml in June 2009, frontswap 
>> > is now at version 11 and has incorporated feedback from a wide range
>> > of kernel developers.  For a good overview, see
>> >    http://lwn.net/Articles/454795.
>> > If further rationale is needed, please see the end of this email
>> > for more info.
>> > 
>> > SO... Please pull:
>> > 
>> > git://oss.oracle.com/git/djm/tmem.git #tmem
>> > 
>> >...
>> > Linux kernel distros incorporating frontswap:
>> > - Oracle UEK 2.6.39 Beta:
>> >    http://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=linux-2.6-unbreakable-beta.git;a=summary 
>> > - OpenSuSE since 11.2 (2009) [see mm/tmem-xen.c]
>> >    http://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel/ 
>> 
>> I've been away so I am too far behind to read this entire
>> very long thread, but wanted to confirm that we've been
>> carrying an earlier version of this code as indicated above
>> and it would simplify our kernel maintenance if frontswap
>> got merged.  So please count me as supporting frontswap.
> 
> Are you able to tell use *why* you're carrying it, and what benefit it
> is providing to your users?

Because we're supporting/using Xen, where this (within the general
tmem picture) allows for better overall memory utilization.

Jan

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