Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:45:57 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit accounting for 2.4.32/2.4.33-pre1 |
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On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 11:37:38AM -0800, Barry K. Nathan wrote: > On 12/30/05, Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 07:17:46PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > [snip discussion not directly related to the timing of my patch submission] > > > Also I think, to be honest, that this is a feature that is getting > > > unsuitable for the "bugfixes only" 2.4 kernel series.... > > > > Agreed, it really is too late IMHO, because there's a non-null risk of > > introducing new bugs with it. It would have been cool a few months > > earlier. That won't stop me from trying it in my own tree however ;-) > > Yeah, I know it's a little bit late. I wish I had been able to get > this done a few months ago... :(
And I wish I could stay awake 24 hours a day and 365 days a year... Seriously, this work will not be lost because 2.6 has it. However, if it works well, I intend to link to it from my interesting patches page (when I finally find time to put it online).
> Oh well, even if it doesn't get into the tree, at least it looks like > I might not be the only person to benefit from this patch. :)
Every patch which can enhance long term stability will interest people who manage remote systems and who at least start softdog to get a chance to reach the box after an accident.
> (BTW, > you'll probably also want the patch I just posted, which adds > Committed_AS to /proc/meminfo.)
I've caught it, thanks.
> -Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
Cheers, Willy
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