Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable

[Alan Cox <alan _at_ lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> > Andrew Morten`s read-latency.patch is a clear winner for me, too.
> 
> AFAIK Andrew's code simply adds schedule points around the kernel, righ=
> t?=20
> 
> If so, nope, I do not plan to integrate it.

Yep. It has the most wonderful effect on system latency without actually
breaking any semantics. Pre-empt is a trickier one because it does change
actual behaviour a lot more, although it should be preserving locking
rules.

Alan
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