Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration | From | David Hildenbrand <> | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:45:33 +0200 |
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On 16.06.20 14:41, Michal Hocko wrote: > [Add Dan]
Whops, dropped by mistake. Thanks for adding.
> > On Tue 16-06-20 13:52:13, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> Commit e900a918b098 ("mm: shuffle initial free memory to improve >> memory-side-cache utilization") promised "autodetection of a >> memory-side-cache (to be added in a follow-on patch)" over a year ago. >> >> The original series included patches [1], however, they were dropped >> during review [2] to be followed-up later. >> >> Let's simplify for now and re-add when really (ever?) needed. >> >> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/154510700291.1941238.817190985966612531.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com/ >> [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/154690326478.676627.103843791978176914.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com/ >> >> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> >> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> >> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> >> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> >> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> >> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com> >> Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com> >> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> > > While I am not against removing this unused code I am really curious > what is the future of the auto detection. Has this just fall through > cracks or there are some more serious problem to make detection > possible/reliable?
From the bouncing mails I assume Keith - author of the original patches in [1] - is no longer working at Intel (or I messed up :) "#5.1.0 Address rejected"). Maybe Dan can clarify what the future of this is.
-- Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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