From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754285Ab2GXNSS (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:18:18 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:57437 "EHLO mail-vc0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754069Ab2GXNSR (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:18:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1343109531.7412.47.camel@marge.simpson.net> References: <1343050727-3045-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> <1343109531.7412.47.camel@marge.simpson.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:18:16 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/34] Memory management performance backports for -stable V2 From: Hillf Danton To: Mike Galbraith Cc: Mel Gorman , Stable , Linux-MM , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Mike Galbraith 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. Suse 11 SP1 kernel panic on HP hardware https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/24/136 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx185.postini.com [74.125.245.185]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 928AD6B005A for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:18:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by vcbfl10 with SMTP id fl10so7070541vcb.14 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:18:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1343109531.7412.47.camel@marge.simpson.net> References: <1343050727-3045-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> <1343109531.7412.47.camel@marge.simpson.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:18:16 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/34] Memory management performance backports for -stable V2 From: Hillf Danton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Mike Galbraith Cc: Mel Gorman , Stable , Linux-MM , LKML On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Mike Galbraith 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. Suse 11 SP1 kernel panic on HP hardware https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/24/136 -- 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/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org