From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: davej@codemonkey.org.uk, tony.luck@intel.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
mel@csn.ul.ie, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bob.picco@hp.com,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 00:17:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200605210017.59984.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060520144043.22f993b1.akpm@osdl.org>
> Well, it creates arch-neutral common code, teaches various architectures
> use it. It's the sort of thing we do all the time.
>
> These things are opportunities to eliminate crufty arch code which few
> people understand and replace them with new, clean common code which lots
> of people understand. That's not a bad thing to be doing.
I'm not fundamentally against that, but so far it seems to just generate lots of
new bugs? I'm not sure it's really worth the pain.
-Andi
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: mel@csn.ul.ie, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, tony.luck@intel.com,
bob.picco@hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 00:17:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200605210017.59984.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060520144043.22f993b1.akpm@osdl.org>
> Well, it creates arch-neutral common code, teaches various architectures
> use it. It's the sort of thing we do all the time.
>
> These things are opportunities to eliminate crufty arch code which few
> people understand and replace them with new, clean common code which lots
> of people understand. That's not a bad thing to be doing.
I'm not fundamentally against that, but so far it seems to just generate lots of
new bugs? I'm not sure it's really worth the pain.
-Andi
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: mel@csn.ul.ie, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, tony.luck@intel.com,
bob.picco@hp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 00:17:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200605210017.59984.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060520144043.22f993b1.akpm@osdl.org>
> Well, it creates arch-neutral common code, teaches various architectures
> use it. It's the sort of thing we do all the time.
>
> These things are opportunities to eliminate crufty arch code which few
> people understand and replace them with new, clean common code which lots
> of people understand. That's not a bad thing to be doing.
I'm not fundamentally against that, but so far it seems to just generate lots of
new bugs? I'm not sure it's really worth the pain.
-Andi
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Thread overview: 135+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-08 14:10 [PATCH 0/6] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner V6 Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:10 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:10 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:10 ` [PATCH 1/6] Introduce mechanism for registering active regions of memory Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:10 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:10 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` [PATCH 2/6] Have Power use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes() Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` [PATCH 3/6] Have x86 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 " Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:11 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-20 20:59 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 20:59 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 20:59 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 21:27 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-20 21:27 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-20 21:27 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-20 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 21:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 22:17 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-05-20 22:17 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-20 22:17 ` Andi Kleen
2006-05-20 22:54 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 22:54 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-20 22:54 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-21 16:20 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 16:20 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 16:20 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 15:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 15:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 15:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 19:08 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-21 19:08 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-21 19:08 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-21 22:23 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 22:23 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-21 22:23 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-23 18:01 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-23 18:01 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-23 18:01 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` [PATCH 5/6] Have ia64 " Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 3:31 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-15 3:31 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-15 3:31 ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-15 8:21 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 8:21 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 8:21 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 10:00 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-15 10:00 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-15 10:00 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-15 10:19 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 10:19 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 10:19 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 10:29 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 10:29 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 10:29 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 10:47 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 10:47 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 10:47 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-15 11:02 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 11:02 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-15 11:02 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-16 0:31 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-16 0:31 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-16 0:31 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-16 1:34 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-16 1:34 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-16 1:34 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2006-05-16 2:11 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-16 2:11 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-16 2:11 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-15 12:27 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 12:27 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 12:27 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 22:44 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 22:44 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-15 22:44 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-19 14:03 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-19 14:03 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-19 14:03 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-19 14:23 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-19 14:23 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-19 14:23 ` Andy Whitcroft
2006-05-08 14:12 ` [PATCH 6/6] Break out memory initialisation code from page_alloc.c to mem_init.c Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-21 13:45 [PATCH 0/6] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner V9 Mel Gorman
2006-08-21 13:46 ` [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes Mel Gorman
2006-08-21 13:46 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-21 13:46 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-30 20:57 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-30 20:57 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-30 20:57 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-31 15:49 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 15:49 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 15:49 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 16:25 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-08-31 16:25 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-08-31 17:01 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 17:40 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-08-31 17:40 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-08-31 17:52 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-31 17:52 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-31 17:52 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-08-31 18:40 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 18:40 ` Mel Gorman
2006-08-31 18:40 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-01 3:08 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-09-01 3:08 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-09-01 3:08 ` Keith Mannthey
2006-09-01 8:33 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-01 8:33 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-01 8:33 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-01 8:46 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-09-01 8:46 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-09-01 8:46 ` Mika Penttilä
2006-09-04 15:36 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-04 15:36 ` Mel Gorman
2006-09-04 15:36 ` Mel Gorman
2006-07-08 11:10 [PATCH 0/6] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner V8 Mel Gorman
2006-07-08 11:12 ` [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes Mel Gorman
2006-07-08 11:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-07-08 11:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:39 [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:41 ` [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes Mel Gorman
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