From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail203.messagelabs.com (mail203.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.243]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B48906B002D for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:50:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:54:10 -0700 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window) Message-Id: <20111103175410.b15efb8c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4EB2D427020000780005ED64@nat28.tlf.novell.com> References: <4EB2D427020000780005ED64@nat28.tlf.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Jan Beulich Cc: Linus Torvalds , Dan Magenheimer , Neo Jia , levinsasha928@gmail.com, JeremyFitzhardinge , linux-mm@kvack.org, Dave Hansen , Seth Jennings , Jonathan Corbet , Chris Mason , Konrad Wilk , ngupta@vflare.org, LKML On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:49:27 +0000 "Jan Beulich" wrote: > >>> On 27.10.11 at 20:52, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > Hi Linus -- > > > > Frontswap now has FOUR users: Two already merged in-tree (zcache > > and Xen) and two still in development but in public git trees > > (RAMster and KVM). Frontswap is part 2 of 2 of the core kernel > > changes required to support transcendent memory; part 1 was cleancache > > which you merged at 3.0 (and which now has FIVE users). > > > > Frontswap patches have been in linux-next since June 3 (with zero > > changes since Sep 22). First posted to lkml in June 2009, frontswap > > is now at version 11 and has incorporated feedback from a wide range > > of kernel developers. For a good overview, see > > http://lwn.net/Articles/454795. > > If further rationale is needed, please see the end of this email > > for more info. > > > > SO... Please pull: > > > > git://oss.oracle.com/git/djm/tmem.git #tmem > > > >... > > Linux kernel distros incorporating frontswap: > > - Oracle UEK 2.6.39 Beta: > > http://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=linux-2.6-unbreakable-beta.git;a=summary > > - OpenSuSE since 11.2 (2009) [see mm/tmem-xen.c] > > http://kernel.opensuse.org/cgit/kernel/ > > I've been away so I am too far behind to read this entire > very long thread, but wanted to confirm that we've been > carrying an earlier version of this code as indicated above > and it would simplify our kernel maintenance if frontswap > got merged. So please count me as supporting frontswap. Are you able to tell use *why* you're carrying it, and what benefit it is providing to your users? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org