linux-kernel - Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] (again) THP for file systems

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Date:   Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:55:50 -0700
From:   William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        "lsf-pc@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <lsf-pc@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-raid <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Subject: Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] (again) THP for file systems



> On Feb 13, 2019, at 4:59 PM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> I believe the direction is clear.  It needs people to do the work.
> We're critically short of reviewers.  I got precious little review of
> the original XArray work, which made Andrew nervous and delayed its
> integration.  Now I'm getting little review of the followup patches
> to lay the groundwork for filesystems to support larger page sizes.
> I have very little patience for this situation.

I'll be happy to dive in and look at the changes from an mm point of view,
but I don't feel qualified to comment on all the file system
considerations.

Perhaps if someone from the fs side would volunteer; I know well how
frustrating it can be to be trapped in code review suspended animation.