Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Richard Purdie
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 09:32 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > Richard Purdie wrote: > > I think you were cc'd on some of it but you never commented. Anyhow, > > I've reworked this patch series based on your comments. The hints were > > appreciated, thanks. This was the way I'd originally hoped to be

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Nick Piggin
Richard Purdie wrote: No, not this way, I'm afraid. Sorry, I don't remember the prior discussion on LKML, must have flooded past when my attention was elsewhere. I think you were cc'd on some of it but you never commented. Anyhow, I've reworked this patch series based on your comments. The

[PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Richard Purdie
Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked as bad at which prevents reuse. It should hopefully be suitable for testing in -mm. Hugh

[PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Richard Purdie
Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked as bad at which prevents reuse. It should hopefully be suitable for testing in -mm. Hugh

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Nick Piggin
Richard Purdie wrote: No, not this way, I'm afraid. Sorry, I don't remember the prior discussion on LKML, must have flooded past when my attention was elsewhere. I think you were cc'd on some of it but you never commented. Anyhow, I've reworked this patch series based on your comments. The

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-10 Thread Richard Purdie
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 09:32 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: Richard Purdie wrote: I think you were cc'd on some of it but you never commented. Anyhow, I've reworked this patch series based on your comments. The hints were appreciated, thanks. This was the way I'd originally hoped to be able to

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-08 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Richard Purdie wrote: > Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. > > Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely > to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked > as bad at which prevents reuse. It

[PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-08 Thread Richard Purdie
Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked as bad at which prevents reuse. It should hopefully be suitable for testing in -mm. These

[PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-08 Thread Richard Purdie
Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked as bad at which prevents reuse. It should hopefully be suitable for testing in -mm. These

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Improve swap page error handling

2007-01-08 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Richard Purdie wrote: Improve the error handling when writes fail to a swap page. Currently, the kernel will repeatedly retry the write which is unlikely to ever succeed. Instead we allow the pages to be unused and then marked as bad at which prevents reuse. It should