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Lumpy reclaim had a purpose but in the mind of some, it was to kick the system so hard it trashed. For others the purpose was to complicate vmscan.c. Over time it was giving softer shoes and a nicer attitude but memory compaction needs to step up and replace it so this patch sends lumpy reclaim to the farm.
Mel Gorman

Jiri [Kosina] is now also marked as the maintainer of floppy.c, I shall be publically branding his forehead with red hot iron at the next opportune moment.
Jens Axboe

As a kernel rights holder I question the legality of Matthew's proposal, and it would be amusingly unfortunate if the Software Conservancy ended up beginning some of its Linux enforcement against Fedora.
Alan Cox
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