From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
To: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ak@suse.de,
mtk-manpages@gmx.net, solo@google.com, eric.whitney@hp.com,
Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Memory Policy Cleanups and Enhancements
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:19:47 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709131118190.9378@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1189691837.5013.43.camel@localhost>
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Lee Schermerhorn wrote:
> Do we think Mel's patches will make .24?
No,
> > That patchset will have a significant impact on yours. You may be able to
> > get rid of some of the switch statements. It would be great if we had some
> > description as to where you are heading with the incremental changes to
> > the memory policy semantics? I sure wish we would have something more
> > consistent and easier to understand.
>
> The general reaction to such descriptions is "show me the code." So, if
> we agree that Mel's patches should go first, I'll rebase and update the
> numa_memory_policy doc accordingly to explain the resulting semantics.
> Perhaps Mel should considering updating that document where his patches
> change/invalidate the current descriptions.
>
> Does this sound like a resonable way to proceed?
Well I am not the show me the code type. I'd like to have some
documentation first on how this would all work together with page
migration, cpusets and the use of various memory policies.
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-30 18:50 Lee Schermerhorn
2007-08-30 18:51 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/5] Mem Policy: fix reference counting Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-11 18:48 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-11 18:12 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 9:45 ` Mel Gorman
2007-08-30 18:51 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/5] Mem Policy: Use MPOL_PREFERRED for system-wide default policy Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-11 18:54 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-11 18:22 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 9:48 ` Mel Gorman
2007-08-30 18:51 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/5] Mem Policy: MPOL_PREFERRED fixups for "local allocation" Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-11 18:58 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-11 18:34 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-12 22:10 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 13:51 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 18:18 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 9:55 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-12 22:06 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 13:35 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 18:21 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-08-30 18:51 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/5] Mem Policy: cpuset-independent interleave policy Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-12 21:20 ` Ethan Solomita
2007-09-12 22:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 13:26 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 17:17 ` Ethan Solomita
2007-09-12 21:59 ` Ethan Solomita
2007-09-13 13:32 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 17:19 ` Ethan Solomita
2007-09-13 18:20 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-10-09 6:15 ` Ethan Solomita
2007-10-09 13:39 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-10-09 18:49 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-10-09 19:02 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-08-30 18:51 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/5] Mem Policy: add MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED get_mempolicy() flag Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-11 19:07 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-11 18:42 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-12 22:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-14 20:24 ` [PATCH] " Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-14 20:27 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-11 16:20 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Memory Policy Cleanups and Enhancements Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-11 19:12 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-11 18:45 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-12 22:17 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 13:57 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 15:31 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-13 15:01 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 18:55 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-13 18:19 ` Christoph Lameter [this message]
2007-09-13 18:23 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-13 18:26 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 21:17 ` Andrew Morton
2007-09-14 2:20 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-14 8:53 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-14 15:06 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-14 17:46 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-14 18:41 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-16 18:02 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-17 18:12 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-17 18:19 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-17 20:14 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-17 19:16 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-17 20:03 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-14 20:15 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-16 18:05 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-16 19:34 ` Andrew Morton
2007-09-16 21:22 ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-17 13:29 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-17 18:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-13 15:49 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-13 18:22 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-17 19:00 ` [PATCH] Fix NUMA Memory Policy Reference Counting Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-17 19:14 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-17 19:38 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-17 19:43 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-19 22:03 ` Lee Schermerhorn
2007-09-19 22:23 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-09-18 10:36 ` Mel Gorman
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