Re: [LKP] [mm] ac5b2c1891: vm-scalability.throughput -61.3% regression

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Dec 03 2018 - 13:20:20 EST


On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 10:15 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The thing is that there is no universal win here. There are two
> different types of workloads and we cannot satisfy both.

Ok, if that's the case, then I'll just revert the commit.

Michal, our rules are very simple: we don't generate regressions. It's
better to have old reliable behavior than to start creating *new*
problems.

Linus