Re: [PATCH] VM cache policy change.

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 03:15:00AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Richard Braun, le Tue 10 Jul 2012 03:03:09 +0200, a écrit : > > Debian packages with the patch and the required bug fixes are available > > at my repository : > > I guess they are all already in upstream gits? > > I'm currently up

Re: [PATCH] VM cache policy change.

2012-07-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Tue 10 Jul 2012 03:03:09 +0200, a écrit : > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:44:57PM +0200, Richard Braun wrote: > > Note that you need up-to-date versions of both GNU Mach [1] and the > > Hurd [2] to test this patch, as it needs important bug fixes to avoid > > file system crashes and

Re: [PATCH] VM cache policy change.

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Braun
On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:44:57PM +0200, Richard Braun wrote: > Note that you need up-to-date versions of both GNU Mach [1] and the > Hurd [2] to test this patch, as it needs important bug fixes to avoid > file system crashes and kernel panics. Debian packages with the patch and the required bug

[PATCH] VM cache policy change.

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Braun
This patch lets the kernel unconditionnally cache non empty unreferenced objects instead of using a fixed arbitrary limit. As the pageout daemon evicts pages, it collects cached objects that have become empty. The effective result is a graceful adjustment of the number of objects related to memory

Re: Weekly meetings during the GSoC

2012-07-09 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! Maksym, Pierre: For your information (if you haven't seen on IRC already). On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:22:20 +0200, Richard Braun wrote: > Following our discussions on IRC, the weekly meetings will be reinstated > during the Google summer of code, to better follow the progress of the > students (a

Weekly meetings during the GSoC

2012-07-09 Thread Richard Braun
Hello, Following our discussions on IRC, the weekly meetings will be reinstated during the Google summer of code, to better follow the progress of the students (although other subjects are of course welcome). The meeting is scheduled on Thurdsay, 19:00 UTC. -- Richard Braun