From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 18:42:03 -0300 (BRT) From: Rik van Riel Subject: Re: [PATCH][1/2] return values shrink_dcache_memory etc 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: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Ed Tomlinson List-ID: On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > OK, I'll try to forward-port Ed's code to do that from 2.4 to 2.5 > > this weekend... > > Side note: while I absolutely think that is the right thing to do, that's > also the much more "interesting" change. As a result, I'd be happier if it > went through channels (ie probably Andrew) and had some wider testing > first at least in the form of a CFT on linux-kernel. Absolutely. This idea has been implemented but hasn't yet received wider testing. I guess I'll try to get this patch on LWN with a large CFT attached ;))) > [ Or has it already been in 2.4.x in any major tree? Not yet. I'll pass it on through Andrew... cheers, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.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-mm.org/