> Word of warning: there are some loads on which 2.4.7 will simply lock
> up. If you don't want to take all the new code, at least take the
> changes to fs/buffer.c and refill_buffer() or whatever.
I'll do my best to merge some of the obviously correct
pieces of VM code from -linus to -ac.
> That said, me and Marcelo are still working on making sure it's good
> under _all_ loads..
I wonder how much you'd be willing to give up in the
common case in order to prevent the system from falling
over under strange loads. Hypothetically speaking, that
is, I don't really have anything in mind yet ;)
cheers,
Rik
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