[Fwd: Can Linux learn from the Solaris VM system]

[Fwd: Can Linux learn from the Solaris VM system]

[Robert Cohen]

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I recently posted this to the linux -kernel list, but thought it might be
of interest here.
I dont read the MM list, so please CC any replies to me?



Robert Cohen wrote:

> Heres a short description of features added to the Solaris VM system
> recently
> http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=content/content8.
> I thought one of the people working on the Linux VM might be able to get
> some ideas from it.
> It talks about what Solaris does to stop cached file system data from
> treading on cached executables.
> Although it is rather short on details.
> Or do we already have systems in place to deal with this kind of
> problem?
>
> Robert Cohen

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From: Robert Cohen <robert@coorong.anu.edu.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Can Linux learn from the Solaris VM system
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:01:56 +1000
Message-ID: <3921EF84.10706F45@coorong.anu.edu.au>

Heres a short description of features added to the Solaris VM system
recently
http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=content/content8.
I thought one of the people working on the Linux VM might be able to get
some ideas from it.
It talks about what Solaris does to stop cached file system data from
treading on cached executables.
Although it is rather short on details.
Or do we already have systems in place to deal with this kind of
problem?

Robert Cohen