From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 16:04:55 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Recent VM fiasco - fixed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Zlatko Calusic Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, Linus Torvalds List-ID: On 8 May 2000, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > Rik van Riel writes: > > > > But after few hours spent dealing with the horrible VM that is > > > in the pre6, I'm not scared anymore. And I think that solution > > > to all our problems with zone balancing must be very simple. > > > > It is. Linus is working on a conservative & simple solution > > while I'm trying a bit more "far-out" code (active and inactive > > list a'la BSD, etc...). We should have at least one good VM > > subsystem within the next few weeks ;) > > Nice. I'm also in favour of some kind of active/inactive list > solution (looks promising), but that is probably 2.5.x stuff. I have it booting (against pre7-4) and it seems almost stable ;) (with _low_ overhead) > I would be happy to see 2.4 out ASAP. Later, when it stabilizes, > we will have lots of fun in 2.5, that's for sure. Of course, this has the highest priority. regards, Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength. Wanna talk about the kernel? irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ -- 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.eu.org/Linux-MM/