Re: 2.5.70-mm2

Andrew Morton
2003-05-29T17:23:08Z

"Downing, Thomas" <Thomas.Downing@ipc.com> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@digeo.com]
>
> >
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.70-
> mm2/
> [snip]
> > Needs lots of testing.
> [snip]
>
> I for one would like to help in that testing, as might others.
> Could you point to/name some effective test tools/scripts/suites
> for testing your work? As it is, my testing is just normal usage,
> lots of builds.
>

I was specifically referring to the O_SYNC changes there. That means
databases: postgresql, mysql, sapdb, etc.

Some of these use fsync()-based synchronisation and won't benefit, but they
may have compile-time or runtime options to use O_SYNC instead.

Apart from that, just using the kernel in day-to-day activity is the most
important thing. If everyone does that, and everyone is happy then by
definition this kernel is a wrap.