Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:55:08 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.10-rc2 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > Ok, the -rc2 changes are almost as big as the -rc1 changes, and we should > now calm down, so I do not want to see anything but bug-fixes until 2.6.10 > is released. Otherwise we'll never get there. >
I'd like to get included that patch to restore the buffer of memory reserved for GFP_ATOMIC allocations (ie. the difference between GFP_KERNEL and GFP_ATOMIC allocations).
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.10-rc1/2.6.10-rc1-mm5/broken-out/mm-restore-atomic-buffer.patch
It is not actually a regression versus 2.6.9 (it is vs 2.6.8), although I think it is responsible for the increased reports of page allocation failures.
It would be nice to let it have more testing in -mm first, but OTOH if we _really_ want it in 2.6.10 it would make sense to merge it ASAP so it can get wider testing.
Any feelings on the matter yet, Andrew? Or were you thinking it would be OK for post 2.6.10? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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