> -----Original Message----- > From: David Rientjes [mailto:rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:49 PM > To: Dan Magenheimer > Cc: KY Srinivasan; Konrad Wilk; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olaf@xxxxxxxxx; > apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > mm@xxxxxxxxx; kamezawa.hiroyuki@xxxxxxxxx; mhocko@xxxxxxx; > hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx; yinghan@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] mm: Export a function to read vm_committed_as > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > > > > Why? Is xen using it for a different inference? > > > > > > I think it is good to separate these patches. Dan (copied here) wrote the code > for the > > > Xen self balloon driver. If it is ok with him I can submit the patch for Xen as > well. > > > > Hi KY -- > > > > If I understand correctly, this would be only a cosmetic (function renaming) > change > > to the Xen selfballooning code. If so, then I will be happy to Ack when I > > see the patch. However, Konrad (konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx) is the maintainer > > for all Xen code so you should ask him... and (from previous painful experience) > > it can be difficult to sync even very simple interdependent changes going > through > > different maintainers without breaking linux-next. So I can't offer any > > help with that process, only commiseration. :-( > > > > I think this should be done in the same patch as the function getting > introduced with a cc to Konrad and routed through -mm; even better, > perhaps he'll have some useful comments for how this is used for xen that > can be included for context. > Ok; I will send out a single patch. I am hoping this can be applied soon as Hyper-V balloon driver is queued behind this. Regards, K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
