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List:       linux-mm
Subject:    Re: refill_inactive_zone question
From:       "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh () aracnet ! com>
Date:       2004-08-28 16:43:29
Message-ID: 89340000.1093711408 () [10 ! 10 ! 2 ! 4]
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--Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote (on Saturday, August 28, 2004 17:08:23 +0100):

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> 
>> Oh thanks! I see that. So you just dropped the bit spinlocked and changed
>> mapcount to an atomic variable, right?
> 
> That's it, yes.  It needed a little more rework than that
> (see ChangeLog) but that's the main thrust.
> 
>> Cool. Do you have any numbers on big SMP systems for that change? 
> 
> Sorry, no.  When I sent out the patches a second time to Andrew (didn't
> copy LKML since nothing really changed from the first time in July),
> I did CC Martin in the hope that he might feel the urge to run up
> some numbers (or at least let him be aware of that change lest he
> misinterpret numbers), but I think he was busy with other stuff.

The lab was down for rewiring, and then I forgot about it - sorry. 
Can you resend me the patch again, and I'll get off my ass and do 
something about it? ;-)

M.

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