On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 09:54:27AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > We decided the kmalloc was ok, but Linus didn't like this approach. I > > kept it in my tree because I didn't want to remember when/if to add the > > special check in the accurate rmap walks. I find it simpler if all > > rmap walks are accurate by default. > > Why isn't the existing cheap solution sufficient? It is sufficient. > My opinion is still that we shouldn't add the expense to the common > case, and it's the uncommon case (migration) that should just handle > it. Ok, I'll remove this patch from the next submit. -- 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>