From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.20 1/2] fbdev, mm: Deferred IO support Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:44:15 +0800 Message-ID: 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-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMuwc-0004XG-18 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:44:19 -0800 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HMuwa-00005w-9x for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:44:17 -0800 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so1152115nzi for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:44:15 -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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Paul Mundt , Jaya Kumar , 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. The driver is already in the -mm tree. > > Jaya, can you roll the fsync() patch in to your defio patch? There's not > much point in keeping them separate. The fsync() patch was not included by Jaya, I believe. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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