Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263998AbUDNJFi (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:05:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263993AbUDNJFi (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:05:38 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:2250 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263995AbUDNJFf (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:05:35 -0400 Subject: Re: hugetlb demand paging patch part [0/3] From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: "Chen, Kenneth W" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, raybry@sgi.com, "'Andy Whitcroft'" , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <200404132317.i3DNH4F21162@unix-os.sc.intel.com> References: <200404132317.i3DNH4F21162@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-EWB6MD/1nj3kUT+FMMpP" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1081933442.4688.6.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:04:02 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1342 Lines: 38 --=-EWB6MD/1nj3kUT+FMMpP Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 01:17, Chen, Kenneth W wrote: > In addition to the hugetlb commit handling that we've been working on > off the list, Ray Bryant of SGI and I are also working on demand paging > for hugetlb page. Here are our final version that has been heavily > tested on ia64 and x86. I've broken the patch into 3 pieces so it's > easier to read/review, etc. Ok I think it's time to say "HO STOP" here. If you're going to make the kernel deal with different, concurrent page sizes then please do it for real. Or alternatively leave hugetlb to be the kludge/hack it is right now. Anything inbetween is the road to madness... --=-EWB6MD/1nj3kUT+FMMpP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAfP6CxULwo51rQBIRAv/XAJ4oAaWDmILpvk+zbyQaZamKl9ZlPQCcD/Ee pT8aOtTp1bKjL2Vvqsd37/0= =BePD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-EWB6MD/1nj3kUT+FMMpP-- - 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/