On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:46:15PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:17:26 +0100 > Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi Andrew, > > could you consider the following patch for the Linus tree, please? > > The discussion took place in this email thread > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/10/114. > > The patch is based on top of 151f52f09c572 commit in the Linus tree. > > > > Please let me know if there I should route this patch through somebody > > else. > > > > Thanks! > > > > --- > > >From 30238aaec758988493af793939f14b0ba83dc4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> > > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:30:04 +0100 > > Subject: [PATCH] Make swap accounting default behavior configurable > > > > Swap accounting can be configured by CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP > > configuration option and then it is turned on by default. There is > > a boot option (noswapaccount) which can disable this feature. > > > > This makes it hard for distributors to enable the configuration option > > as this feature leads to a bigger memory consumption and this is a no-go > > for general purpose distribution kernel. On the other hand swap > > accounting may be very usuful for some workloads. > > This patch is needed by distros, and distros use the -stable tree, I > assume. Do you see reasons why this patch should be backported into > -stable, so distros don't need to patch it themselves? If so, any > particular kernel versions? 2.6.37? Sorry, I really don't want to start backporting features to stable kernels if at all possible. Distros can pick them up on their own if they determine it is needed. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>