Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:39:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:39:18 -0400 Received: from garrincha.netbank.com.br ([200.203.199.88]:40977 "HELO garrincha.netbank.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:39:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 18:42:03 -0300 (BRT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Linus Torvalds cc: Andrew Morton , , , Ed Tomlinson Subject: Re: [PATCH][1/2] return values shrink_dcache_memory etc In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1089 Lines: 34 On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > OK, I'll try to forward-port Ed's code to do that from 2.4 to 2.5 > > this weekend... > > Side note: while I absolutely think that is the right thing to do, that's > also the much more "interesting" change. As a result, I'd be happier if it > went through channels (ie probably Andrew) and had some wider testing > first at least in the form of a CFT on linux-kernel. Absolutely. This idea has been implemented but hasn't yet received wider testing. I guess I'll try to get this patch on LWN with a large CFT attached ;))) > [ Or has it already been in 2.4.x in any major tree? Not yet. I'll pass it on through Andrew... cheers, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - 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/