Linux: Revisiting Swap Prefetch

"Another thread discussed potentially merging the swap prefetch patch into the mainline Linux kernel. Con Kolivas started the thread saying 'I fixed all bugs I could find and improved it as much as I could last kernel cycle. Put me and the users out of our misery and merge it now or delete it forever please.' Replying to an off-list message, Andrew Morton asked users of the patch, 'please provide us more details on your usage and testing of that code. Amount of memory, workload, observed results, etc...?'

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