From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:56:28 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: [highmem bug report against -test5 and -test6] Re: [PATCH] Re: simple FS application that hangs 2.4-test5, mem mgmt problem or FS buffer cache mgmt problem? (fwd) Message-ID: <20001002215628.D21473@athlon.random> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:35:43PM -0300 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-mm@kvack.org, Linus Torvalds , "Stephen C. Tweedie" List-ID: On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:35:43PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote: > because we keep the buffer heads on active pages in memory... A page can be the most active and the VM and never need bh on it after the first pagein. Keeping the bh on it means wasting tons of memory for no good reason. Andrea -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/