Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:14:05 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [-mm][PATCH 4/4] Add memrlimit controller accounting and control (v4) |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:38:23 -0700 Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> [2008-09-18 13:54:30]: > > > On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:39:51 +0530 > > Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > This patch adds support for accounting and control of virtual address space > > > limits. > > > > > > Large changes in linux-next's arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c caused damage to > > the memrlimit patches. > > > > I decided to retain the patches because it looks repairable. The > > problem is this reject from > > memrlimit-add-memrlimit-controller-accounting-and-control.patch: > > > > Andrew, > > I could not apply mmotm to linux-next (both downloaded right now).
mmotm includes linux-next.patch. mmotm is based upon the most recent 2.6.x-rcy.
This is the only way to do it - I often have to change linux-next.patch due to rejects and it's unreasonable to expect people to base off the same version of linux-next as I did.
> I > applied the patches one-by-one resolving differences starting from #mm > in the series file. > > Here is my fixed version of the patch, I compiled the patch, but could > not run it, since I could not create the full series of applied > patches. I compiled arch/x86/kernel/ds.o and ptrace.o. I've included > the patch below, please let me know if the code looks OK (via review) > and the patch applies. I'll test it once I can resonably resolve all > conflicts between linux-next and mmotm.
OK, we'll give it a shot, thanks.
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