From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD81C433E6 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BA7664F51 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232904AbhCDPBJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:01:09 -0500 Received: from mail-ua1-f51.google.com ([209.85.222.51]:45352 "EHLO mail-ua1-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232915AbhCDPAw (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Mar 2021 10:00:52 -0500 Received: by mail-ua1-f51.google.com with SMTP id c44so9332743uad.12 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:00:37 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=BhZu1n7avh64RVL6V6p23bsKYKSdsGX7hl3TXY91bbU=; b=t73YPja+W1+e046yPMzeZcP7J0tUMxYZPxVOD3Pou5oS33ut1pRuXkMl4jerXWwRga 5eIZ6rHkjgpYodlCXFHiDUkRgQGyRV/t3YFZJamQvJyW3rTZImMXmBMjTihSEAeEn5ez 4B8NOFWNR4pZMYxcU6+N76syy4TeinTFUWuFWJHpaJdxYBQz3tTbAquPeQCAPUVc41Sj URE715xJ6axjcm02NiydIACgABiizSvHeQMCJ+ERynNAbsyTbiDfjF9EWuEVDgUvFpj3 +uNBQ4rCOgio/V/ZMw1RUO3NaGciWc5GURSuTAukqDpfgtIJDSl5ZlCrGyykaoIZc9+Y sK5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532BLd921Q4eRk3PNWWd9bjiSYJ67Pn5HN4azyro1lZMsRa50jqU TATz3zkHGOocEgwXqGHbgr6yhnbNXq7PhscIdVeTMA4W X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyU4c6+voPOlb72A3gWY7dVv1afFPy+yfOI3paaxyDHoCc0VijSOhBxmOrZw6i+gry95XTns+Ex8yhcHoVCv44= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:20b3:: with SMTP id y19mr2377936ual.2.1614870011867; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 07:00:11 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: A note on the 5.12-rc1 tag To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Linus, On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:59 PM Linus Torvalds wrote: > And, as far as I know, all the normal distributions set things up with > swap partitions, not files, because honestly, swapfiles tend to be > slower and have various other complexity issues. Looks like this has changed in at least Ubuntu: my desktop machine, which got Ubuntu 18.04LTS during initial installation, is using a (small) swapfile instead of a swap partition. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds