Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261704AbTH2S5h (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:57:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261712AbTH2S5g (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:57:36 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:45060 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261704AbTH2S53 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:57:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:57:28 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Shantanu Goel Cc: Antonio Vargas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrea Arcangeli , Marc-Christian Petersen Subject: Re: [VM PATCH] Faster reclamation of dirty pages and unused inode/dcache entries in 2.4.22 Message-ID: <20030829185728.GA3846@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Shantanu Goel , Antonio Vargas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrea Arcangeli , Marc-Christian Petersen References: <20030829180623.GB27023@matchmail.com> <20030829184644.5968.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030829184644.5968.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1289 Lines: 32 [CCing AA & MCP] > --- Mike Fedyk wrote: > > But have you compared your patch with the VM patches > > in -aa? Will your > > patch apply on -aa and make improvements there too? > > > > In other words: Why would I want to use this patch > > when I could use -aa? On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:46:44AM -0700, Shantanu Goel wrote: > I prefer to run stock kernels so I don't have as much > experience with the -aa patches. However, I took a > look at the relevant code in 2.4.22pre7aa1 and I > believe my patch should help there as well. The > writepage() and page rotation behaviour is similar to > stock 2.4.22 though the inactive_list is per-classzone > in -aa. I am less sure about the inode/dcache part > though under -aa. You need to integrate with -aa on the VM. It has been hard enough for Andrea to get his stuff in, I doubt you will fair any better. If your patch shows improvements when applied on -aa Andrea will probably integrate it. Marc/Andrea, what do you think? Any holes to poke in this here patch? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/