From: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com>
Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>,
Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com,
andi@firstfloor.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, kamezawa.hiroyuki@gmail.com, mhocko@suse.cz,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, yinghan@google.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Export a function to read vm_committed_as
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:49:15 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1211121547450.3841@chino.kir.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c04bb062-bbce-4980-b2b3-fbbb18e64b66@default>
On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > > Why? Is xen using it for a different inference?
> >
> > I think it is good to separate these patches. Dan (copied here) wrote the code for the
> > Xen self balloon driver. If it is ok with him I can submit the patch for Xen as well.
>
> Hi KY --
>
> If I understand correctly, this would be only a cosmetic (function renaming) change
> to the Xen selfballooning code. If so, then I will be happy to Ack when I
> see the patch. However, Konrad (konrad.wilk@oracle.com) is the maintainer
> for all Xen code so you should ask him... and (from previous painful experience)
> it can be difficult to sync even very simple interdependent changes going through
> different maintainers without breaking linux-next. So I can't offer any
> help with that process, only commiseration. :-(
>
I think this should be done in the same patch as the function getting
introduced with a cc to Konrad and routed through -mm; even better,
perhaps he'll have some useful comments for how this is used for xen that
can be included for context.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-12 23:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-11 2:25 [PATCH 1/1] mm: Export a function to read vm_committed_as K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-11-11 2:35 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-11 9:24 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-11-12 21:53 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-12 22:58 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-11-12 23:32 ` Dan Magenheimer
2012-11-12 23:49 ` David Rientjes [this message]
2012-11-13 5:24 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-11-13 15:41 ` Dan Magenheimer
2012-11-13 21:04 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-13 5:16 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-11-12 21:36 ` KY Srinivasan
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