Re: [PATCH 00/34] Memory management performance backports for -stable V2

Mel Gorman
2012-07-24T13:27:46Z

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 09:18:16PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote:
> > FWIW, I'm all for performance backports. They do have a downside though
> > (other than the risk of bugs slipping in, or triggering latent bugs).
> >
> > When the next enterprise kernel is built, marketeers ask for numbers to
> > make potential customers drool over, and you _can't produce any_ because
> > you wedged all the spiffy performance stuff into the crusty old kernel.
> >
> Well do your job please.
>

I would suggest the user in question use the normal support channels for
resolving a potentially SLES-specific bug.

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs