From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>,
Robert Love <rlove@google.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>, Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>,
Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>, Taras Glek <tglek@mozilla.com>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>,
Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>,
Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>,
"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Volatile Ranges (v12) & LSF-MM discussion fodder
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:32:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <533C3BB4.8020904@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140402163013.GP14688@cmpxchg.org>
On 04/02/2014 09:30 AM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>
> So between zero-fill and SIGBUS, I'd prefer the one which results in
> the simpler user interface / fewer system calls.
>
The use cases are different; I believe this should be a user space option.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-02 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-21 21:17 John Stultz
2014-03-21 21:17 ` [PATCH 1/5] vrange: Add vrange syscall and handle splitting/merging and marking vmas John Stultz
2014-03-23 12:20 ` Jan Kara
2014-03-23 20:34 ` John Stultz
2014-03-23 16:50 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-04-08 18:52 ` John Stultz
2014-03-21 21:17 ` [PATCH 2/5] vrange: Add purged page detection on setting memory non-volatile John Stultz
2014-03-23 12:29 ` Jan Kara
2014-03-23 20:21 ` John Stultz
2014-03-23 17:42 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-04-07 18:37 ` John Stultz
2014-04-07 22:14 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-04-08 3:09 ` John Stultz
2014-03-23 17:50 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-03-23 20:26 ` John Stultz
2014-03-23 21:50 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-04-09 18:29 ` John Stultz
2014-03-21 21:17 ` [PATCH 3/5] vrange: Add page purging logic & SIGBUS trap John Stultz
2014-03-23 23:44 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-04-10 18:49 ` John Stultz
2014-03-21 21:17 ` [PATCH 4/5] vrange: Set affected pages referenced when marking volatile John Stultz
2014-03-24 0:01 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2014-03-21 21:17 ` [PATCH 5/5] vmscan: Age anonymous memory even when swap is off John Stultz
2014-03-24 17:33 ` Rik van Riel
2014-03-24 18:04 ` John Stultz
2014-04-01 21:21 ` [PATCH 0/5] Volatile Ranges (v12) & LSF-MM discussion fodder Johannes Weiner
2014-04-01 21:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-04-01 21:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-04-01 23:01 ` Dave Hansen
2014-04-02 4:12 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 16:36 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 17:40 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 17:58 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 19:01 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 19:47 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 20:13 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 22:44 ` Jan Kara
2014-04-11 19:32 ` John Stultz
2014-04-07 5:48 ` Minchan Kim
2014-04-08 4:32 ` Kevin Easton
2014-04-08 3:38 ` John Stultz
2014-04-07 5:24 ` Minchan Kim
2014-04-02 4:03 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 4:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-04-02 16:30 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 16:32 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-04-02 16:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-04-02 17:18 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 17:40 ` Dave Hansen
2014-04-02 17:48 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 18:07 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-02 19:37 ` John Stultz
2014-04-02 18:31 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2014-04-02 19:27 ` Johannes Weiner
2014-04-07 6:19 ` Minchan Kim
2014-04-02 19:51 ` John Stultz
2014-04-07 6:11 ` Minchan Kim
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