Re: [patch 00/12] NUMA: Memoryless node support V3

Christoph Lameter
2007-07-13T17:23:27Z

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:

> I'm up to my eyeballs right now, setting up a large system for testing
> VM scalability with Oracle. I hope to have time early next week to test
> your patches. In a mail exchange between you and Andrew, you mentioned
> that your memoryless-node patches are atop your slab defrag? Shall I
> test them that way? Or try to rebase against the then current -mm tree?

You can skip the slab defrag. I posted a rediffed patch in my response
to Andrew. Use that one.

> I.e., what's the probability that the slab defrag patches make it into
> -mm before the memoryless node patches?

No idea. Use the patch that does not rely on slab defrag.

> > You probably have somewhere to publish them? I will be on vacation next
> > week (and yes I will leave my laptop at home, somehow I have to get back
> > my sanity).
>
> You mean in addition to posting? I can stick a copy on my
> free.linux.hp.com http site.

Yes. Seems that many people want that.