> From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] mm: frontswap (for 3.2 window) > > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:25:38 -0700 (PDT) > Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > At kernel summit there was discussion and overall agreement that we've > been paying insufficient attention to the big-picture "should we > include this feature at all" issues. We resolved to look more > intensely and critically at new features with a view to deciding > whether their usefulness justified their maintenance burden. It seems > that you're our crash-test dummy ;) (Now I'm wondering how to get > "cgroups: add a task counter subsystem" put through the same wringer). > > I will confess to and apologise for dropping the ball on cleancache and > frontswap. I was never really able to convince myself that it met the > (very vague) cost/benefit test, but nor was I able to present > convincing arguments that it failed that test. So I very badly went > into hiding, to wait and see what happened. What we needed all those > months ago was to have the discussion we're having now. > > This is a difficult discussion and a difficult decision. But it is > important that we get it right. Thanks for you patience. Thanks very much for your very kind response. Let me know if I can do anything else to help the process other than continuing the discussion of course. I'll be happy to help as soon as I return from the crash-test-dummy hospital ;-) Dan -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href