From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <45DCD309.5010109@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:17:29 -0500 From: Rik van Riel MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Take anonymous pages off the LRU if we have no swap References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Christoph Lameter Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Christoph Lameter wrote: > On linux-mm we also discussed taking anonymous pages off the LRU if there > is no swap defined or not enough swap. However, there is no easy way of > putting the pages back to the LRU since we have no list of mlocked pages. Chris, I am working on a VM design that would take care of this issue in a somewhat cleaner way. I'm writing up the bits and pieces as I find easy ways to explain them. Want to help out with brainstorming and implementing? http://linux-mm.org/PageReplacementDesign -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic. -- 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-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org