linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: Rework virtual memory accounting

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzxT02gGCAokDFich=kjsf1VtvL=i315Uk9p=HRrCAY5Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:22:23 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@...cle.com>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...tuozzo.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: Rework virtual memory accounting

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:
> Really sorry for delays. Konstantin, I slightly updated the
> changelog (to point where problem came from). Linus are you
> fine with accounting not only anonymous memory in VmData?

The patch looks ok to me. I guess if somebody relies on old behavior
we may have to tweak it a bit, but on the whole this looks sane and
I'd be happy to merge it in the 4.5 merge window (and maybe even have
it marked for stable if it works out)

               Linus
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