Re: Linux 2.6.7-rc1

[Horst von Brand]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> said:
> Hmm.. This is stuff all over the map, but most interesting (or at least
> most "core") is probably the merging of the NUMA scheduler and the anonvma
> rmap code. The latter gets rid of the expensive pte chains, and instead
> allows reverse page mapping by keeping track of which vma (and offset)  
> each page is associated with. Special kudos to Andrea Arcangeli and Hugh
> Dickins.
> 
> 		Linus

Not wanting to start a flamewar, but this sort of massive changes in a
_stable_ series has got me quite confused... either 2.6.0 was premature, or
the "just stabilize 2.6, new stuff only into 2.7 (when it opens)" got lost
somewhere.
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