From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jaya Kumar" Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:02:34 -0500 Message-ID: <45a44e480703011602j698f67dev469b49d6b527f502@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070225051312.17454.80741.sendpatchset@localhost> <20070301140131.GA6603@linux-sh.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMvEO-0006J7-UK for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:02:45 -0800 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.189]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HMvEN-0000O4-8E for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:02:40 -0800 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so1903675nfb for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:02:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20070301140131.GA6603@linux-sh.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Paul Mundt , Jaya Kumar , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton On 3/1/07, Paul Mundt wrote: > 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. I think Andrew merged it into -mm. > > Jaya, can you roll the fsync() patch in to your defio patch? There's not > much point in keeping them separate. > I forgot to add that. Sorry about that. Should I resubmit with it or would you prefer to post it? Thanks, jaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV