Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from lowmemorykiller

From	peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from lowmemorykiller
Date	2017-02-13 16:50 +0100
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On 02/10/2017 10:15 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 10-02-17 10:05:34, peter enderborg wrote:
>> On 02/10/2017 08:59 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> [...]
>>> The approach was wrong from the day 1. Abusing slab shrinkers
>>> is just a bad place to stick this logic. This all belongs to the
>>> userspace.
>> But now it is there and we have to stick with it.
> It is also adding maintenance cost. Just have a look at the git log and
> check how many patches were just a result of the core changes which
> needed a sync.
>
> I seriously doubt that any of the android devices can run natively on
> the Vanilla kernel so insisting on keeping this code in staging doesn't
> give much sense to me.

I guess that we more than a few that would like to see that.

We have

http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/how-to-build-and-flash-a-linux-kernel/how-to-build-mainline-linux-for-xperia-devices/

It is not the latest on anything and it is not on par with commercial bundled software.

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[PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com> - 2017-02-09 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-02-09 15:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-09 20:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-02-09 21:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-09 22:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com> - 2017-02-10 09:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-10 09:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com> - 2017-02-10 10:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-10 10:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com> - 2017-02-13 16:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-02-10 09:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller peter enderborg <peter.enderborg@sonymobile.com> - 2017-02-10 10:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 1/3 staging-next] android: Collect statistics from  lowmemorykiller Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-02-10 12:10 +0100

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