From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx202.postini.com [74.125.245.202]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 75E986B005D for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:26:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail81-am1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail81-am1-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CC83201C9 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:25:04 +0000 (UTC) From: KY Srinivasan Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Export a function to read vm_committed_as Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:24:57 +0000 Message-ID: <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF930E3E0B5@BL2PRD0310MB375.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <1352600728-17766-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF930E35B45@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> <426367E2313C2449837CD2DE46E7EAF930E39FBC@SN2PRD0310MB382.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: David Rientjes , Dan Magenheimer Cc: Konrad Wilk , "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" > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rientjes [mailto:rientjes@google.com] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:49 PM > To: Dan Magenheimer > Cc: KY Srinivasan; Konrad Wilk; 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 >=20 > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Dan Magenheimer wrote: >=20 > > > > 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 rena= ming) > change > > to the Xen selfballooning code. If so, then I will be happy to Ack whe= n I > > see the patch. However, Konrad (konrad.wilk@oracle.com) is the maintai= ner > > for all Xen code so you should ask him... and (from previous painful ex= perience) > > it can be difficult to sync even very simple interdependent changes goi= ng > through > > different maintainers without breaking linux-next. So I can't offer an= y > > help with that process, only commiseration. :-( > > >=20 > 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. >=20 Ok; I will send out a single patch. I am hoping this can be applied soon as= Hyper-V balloon driver is queued behind this. Regards, K. Y -- 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