Re: [with-PATCH-really] highmem deadlock removal, balancing & cleanup

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Fri, 25 May 2001 17:02:18 -0700 (PDT)


On Sat, 26 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> But Linus is right I think - VM changes often prove 'interesting'. Test it in
> -ac , gets some figures for real world use then plan further

.. on the other hand, thinking more about this, I'd rather be called
"stupid" than "stodgy".

So I think I'll buy some experimentation. That HIGHMEM change is too ugly
to live, though, I'd really like to hear more about why something that
ugly is necessary.

Linus

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