From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759844Ab0KRQha (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:37:30 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:36748 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754471Ab0KRQh2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:37:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:36:53 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Michal Hocko Cc: Andrew Morton , Daisuke Nishimura , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@kernel.org, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] Make swap accounting default behavior configurable Message-ID: <20101118163653.GA2786@kroah.com> References: <20101116101726.GA21296@tiehlicka.suse.cz> <20101116124615.978ed940.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20101116212157.GB9359@kroah.com> <20101118082132.GA15928@tiehlicka.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101118082132.GA15928@tiehlicka.suse.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:21:32AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > Sorry, I really don't want to start backporting features to stable > > kernels if at all possible. Distros can pick them up on their own if > > they determine it is needed. > > I really do agree with the part about features. But isn't this patch > basically for distros (to help them to provide the swapaccounting feature > without the cost of higher memory consumption in default configuration)? Then if the distros want it, they can pick it up themselves. > If this doesn't go to the stable then all (interested) of them would > need to maintain the patch. Otherwise the change would come directly > from the upstream. They can cherry-pick from upstream like they do for everything else, no real change here. > Moreover, it is not a new feature it just consolidates the default > behavior of the already existing functionality. Again, it doesn't match up with the stable kernel rules, sorry, no, this is not a bugfix or regression. thanks, greg k-h From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail172.messagelabs.com (mail172.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.3]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD8D6B0089 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:37:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:36:53 -0800 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] Make swap accounting default behavior configurable Message-ID: <20101118163653.GA2786@kroah.com> References: <20101116101726.GA21296@tiehlicka.suse.cz> <20101116124615.978ed940.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20101116212157.GB9359@kroah.com> <20101118082132.GA15928@tiehlicka.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101118082132.GA15928@tiehlicka.suse.cz> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Michal Hocko Cc: Andrew Morton , Daisuke Nishimura , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@kernel.org, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com List-ID: On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 09:21:32AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > Sorry, I really don't want to start backporting features to stable > > kernels if at all possible. Distros can pick them up on their own if > > they determine it is needed. > > I really do agree with the part about features. But isn't this patch > basically for distros (to help them to provide the swapaccounting feature > without the cost of higher memory consumption in default configuration)? Then if the distros want it, they can pick it up themselves. > If this doesn't go to the stable then all (interested) of them would > need to maintain the patch. Otherwise the change would come directly > from the upstream. They can cherry-pick from upstream like they do for everything else, no real change here. > Moreover, it is not a new feature it just consolidates the default > behavior of the already existing functionality. Again, it doesn't match up with the stable kernel rules, sorry, no, this is not a bugfix or regression. thanks, greg k-h -- 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 policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org