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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>,
	akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BC5C99.3010008@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47BC5211.6030102@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


> OK, I'll queue a patch and try to explain various terms used by resource management.

Don't make it too verbose or nobody will read it. It should
be more like a one paragraph abstract on a scientific paper
about the linux memory controller.

But I think it should include some variant of the warning that
was in the original patch in this thread (that could be the
second paragraph)

-Andi

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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>,
	akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BC5C99.3010008@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47BC5211.6030102@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> OK, I'll queue a patch and try to explain various terms used by resource management.

Don't make it too verbose or nobody will read it. It should
be more like a one paragraph abstract on a scientific paper
about the linux memory controller.

But I think it should include some variant of the warning that
was in the original patch in this thread (that could be the
second paragraph)

-Andi

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-20 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-20 12:23 [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 12:23 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 12:52 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 12:52   ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:00   ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 15:00     ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 15:20     ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:20       ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 15:49       ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 15:49         ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 16:10         ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:10           ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:15           ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 16:15             ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 17:00             ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-02-20 17:00               ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21  6:49             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-21  6:49               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-21  6:52               ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21  6:52                 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-20 18:19         ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:19           ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:28           ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 18:28             ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-02-20 18:51             ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-20 18:51               ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-21 14:46               ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-21 14:46                 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-21 14:52                 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 14:52                   ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 23:55                 ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-21 23:55                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-02-22  3:09                   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-22  3:09                     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2008-02-20 16:15       ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:15         ` John Stoffel
2008-02-20 16:54       ` Ray Lee
2008-02-20 16:54         ` Ray Lee
2008-02-20 16:57     ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-20 16:57       ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21  4:35   ` Nick Piggin
2008-02-21  4:35     ` Nick Piggin
2008-02-21  5:06     ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21  5:06       ` Balbir Singh
     [not found]       ` <200802211622.51751.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
2008-02-21  5:46         ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21  5:46           ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:44       ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 10:44         ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22  4:41         ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22  4:41           ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22  9:51           ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22  9:51             ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 12:14             ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 12:14               ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 13:00               ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 13:00                 ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-22 15:47                 ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22 15:47                   ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 10:37     ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 10:37       ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-21 11:03       ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-21 11:03         ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22  6:59         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-22  6:59           ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2008-02-22  7:06           ` Balbir Singh
2008-02-22  7:06             ` Balbir Singh

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