linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging, android: remove lowmemory killer from the tree

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Message-ID: <20170309100006.GF11592@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 11:00:07 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...gle.com>,
        Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
        peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@...ymobile.com>,
        Rom Lemarchand <romlem@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging, android: remove lowmemory killer from the tree

On Thu 09-03-17 10:30:28, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 10:15:13AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > Greg, do you see any obstacle to have this merged. The discussion so far
> > shown that a) vendors are not using the code as is b) there seems to be
> > an agreement that something else than we have in the kernel is really
> > needed.
> 
> Well, some vendors are using the code as-is, just not Sony...
> 
> I think the ideas that Tim wrote about is the best way forward for this.
> I'd prefer to leave the code in the kernel until that solution is
> integrated, as dropping support entirely isn't very nice.
> 
> But, given that almost no Android system is running mainline at the
> moment, I will queue this patch up for 4.12-rc1, which will give the
> Google people a bit more of an incentive to get their solution
> implemented and working and merged :)
> 
> Sound reasonable?

sounds good to me.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs