linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] zcache fix for 3.3-rc1.

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:38 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, cascardo@...oscopio.com,
	sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zcache fix for 3.3-rc1.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 02:11:55PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:52:19PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > Hey Greg,
> > 
> > I posted this patch some time ago  [https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/13/253]
> > but I am not seeing it in you tree.
> 
> Did you copy me on it?  I don't see it anywhere in my to-apply queues.

Ugh, I did not - I seemed to have forgotten to CC you and had assumed you
would be omnipresent and would magically pick it up. Sorry about that mishap.
> 
> > Was wondering if you could stick this patch in your tree? It fixes
> > a performance regressions which is quite noticable in small memory systems
> > where a 'swapoff' ends up taking more than it should.
> 
> So this is needed for 3.3?  How about older kernels?  3.2?  3.0?

That would be splendid if you could stick it on the stable tree :-)

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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