From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:01:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070301140131.GA6603@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070225051312.17454.80741.sendpatchset@localhost>
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 06:13:12AM +0100, Jaya Kumar wrote:
> This patch implements deferred IO support in fbdev. Deferred IO is a way to
> delay and repurpose IO. This implementation is done using mm's page_mkwrite
> and page_mkclean hooks in order to detect, delay and then rewrite IO. This
> functionality is used by hecubafb.
>
Any updates on this? If there are no other concerns, it would be nice to
at least get this in to -mm for testing if nothing else.
Jaya, can you roll the fsync() patch in to your defio patch? There's not
much point in keeping them separate.
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From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:01:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070301140131.GA6603@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070225051312.17454.80741.sendpatchset@localhost>
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 06:13:12AM +0100, Jaya Kumar wrote:
> This patch implements deferred IO support in fbdev. Deferred IO is a way to
> delay and repurpose IO. This implementation is done using mm's page_mkwrite
> and page_mkclean hooks in order to detect, delay and then rewrite IO. This
> functionality is used by hecubafb.
>
Any updates on this? If there are no other concerns, it would be nice to
at least get this in to -mm for testing if nothing else.
Jaya, can you roll the fsync() patch in to your defio patch? There's not
much point in keeping them separate.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 14:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-25 5:13 [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support Jaya Kumar
2007-02-25 5:13 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-02-25 5:13 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-02-25 5:13 ` [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 2/2] fbdev: Hecuba fb driver Jaya Kumar
2007-02-25 5:13 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-02-25 5:13 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-03-01 14:01 ` Paul Mundt [this message]
2007-03-01 14:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support Paul Mundt
2007-03-01 23:44 ` Antonino Daplas
2007-03-01 23:44 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Antonino Daplas
2007-03-01 23:44 ` Antonino Daplas
2007-03-02 0:02 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-03-02 0:02 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-03-02 0:02 ` Jaya Kumar
2007-03-02 2:00 ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02 2:00 ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02 2:00 ` Paul Mundt
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