| Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:07:15 -0800 (PST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/11] ksm: NUMA trees and page migration |
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:53:10 -0800 (PST) > Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> wrote: > > > Here's a KSM series > > Sanity check: do you have a feeling for how useful KSM is? > Performance/space improvements for typical (or atypical) workloads? > Are people using it? Successfully? > > IOW, is it justifying itself?
I have no idea! To me it's simply a technical challenge - and I agree with your implication that that's not a good enough justification.
I've added Marcelo and Gleb and the KVM list to the Cc: my understanding is that it's the KVM guys who really appreciate KSM.
Hugh
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