Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754566AbYAZMcq (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:32:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752783AbYAZMcg (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:32:36 -0500 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]:10479 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752683AbYAZMce (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:32:34 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=RIku51eQYM6Il6N9iMRYepSZnXHKA53B79QtjxPcLOoWzfu6vNjpzPJQtvm4yLyQabsugRVl3hnKeqtB0aJKZxrvvPsafYhsPPDkVwIGIwcuRoooSkFBBRDpeRSYquNi5OcPvH7rglDBJBXABRUnaS07f9mjSNyJUQVg+ML6Vyg= Message-ID: <2f11576a0801260432y4405d817p6ef4005d06189654@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:32:32 +0900 From: "KOSAKI Motohiro" To: "Theodore Tso" , "Adrian Bunk" , "Bodo Eggert" <7eggert@gmx.de>, "Alan Cox" , "Andreas Dilger" , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, "David Chinner" , "Valerie Henson" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andreas Dilger" , "Ric Wheeler" Subject: Re: [RFC] Parallelize IO for e2fsck In-Reply-To: <20080124234037.GJ15858@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9Mo9w-7Ws-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <9Mo9w-7Ws-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <9OdWm-7uN-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <9Oi9A-5EJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <9OiMg-6IC-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <9OlqL-2xG-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <9Orda-3ub-45@gated-at.bofh.it> <20080124230809.GA29120@does.not.exist> <20080124234037.GJ15858@mit.edu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: d5adcb8f240d854a Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 610 Lines: 15 > > And from a performance point of view letting applications voluntarily > > free some memory is better even than starting to swap. > > Absolutely. the mem_notify patch can realize "just before starting swapping" notification :) to be honest, I don't know fs guys requirement. if lacking feature of fs guys needed, I implement it with presure if you tell me it. -- 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/