Re: Linux-2.1.129..

Linus Torvalds
1998-11-24T20:49:43Z

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> From the discussion we've been having yesterday, I get
> the impression that the ambitious stuff can be added
> little by little, during the lifetime of 2.2, without
> impacting stability or hampering preformance.

I believe that may well be true. I _do_ believe that the MM code actually
has all the basic functionality there, and that the infrastructure is
stable and in place. That helps a lot.

But there may be some unforseen thing that makes it harder than expected
to add a page to the swap cache at write-out rather that page-in. The
patches may be trivial, in which case I will certainly apply them, because
I do believe that it's the RightThing(tm) to do, but if it turns out to be
nontrivial due to some unforseen circumstance..

Linus