Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] Open panel for discussing MM problems

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

Hi!

On Fri 29-07-16 15:11:26, Mel Gorman wrote:
> There is at least one MM topic proposed so there is a chance that some
> MM people will be around. I hear that a few people have been struggling
> with MM-related topics recently but not getting a lot of traction. It's
> hard to get a handle on how big of a problem this is or if it's even a
> problem. It's possible I just happened to hear from the only people who
> are unhappy with MM.
> 
> I think it would be beneficial to have an open MM panel on the morning of
> the day that overlaps with Plumbers to get a handle on how many people
> have MM-related problems and what class of problems they're having. It
> would start by having each member spend 1-3 minutes talking about what
> they're currently then open it up to the floor.
> 
> People would be welcome to describe any MM-related issues they have and
> ask the panel to either propose solutions or at least note that it's
> something that should be fixed in the future. Ideally this would be a
> better description than "MM sucks" or "sometimes the system is slow and I
> feel the MM is responsible". If there is a concrete problem, there would be
> no guarantee it will get fixed by anyone on the panel but at least we'd be
> aware. It might be a bust if we don't have enough for a panel or everyone
> is perfectly happy with the MM as it is. However, if it works and there
> are some problems discussed then it'll be interesting to see how many,
> if any, are fixed by the next LSF/MM.

Sounds useful.

> The people I know are willing to participate if they are at Kernel Summit
> are Vlastimil Babka, Johannes Weiner, Rik van Riel and myself. There is
> a strong preference for the morning due to potential flight conflicts but
> hopefully that can be arranged without colliding with Plumber keynotes. If
> anyone else was interested in being up there, they'd be more than welcome
> assuming they know which way is up with mm/.

I'd be happy to join as well. I'm not really an MM guy but I can bring
knowledge of writeback code and MM-FS interactions which sometimes cause
issues.

								Honza

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Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR