From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:01:38 -0500 (EST) From: Rik van Riel Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/34] mm: Page Replacement Policy Framework In-Reply-To: <20060322145132.0886f742.akpm@osdl.org> Message-ID: References: <20060322223107.12658.14997.sendpatchset@twins.localnet> <20060322145132.0886f742.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andrew Morton Cc: Peter Zijlstra , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bob.picco@hp.com, iwamoto@valinux.co.jp, christoph@lameter.com, wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn, npiggin@suse.de, torvalds@osdl.org, marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com List-ID: On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > 2.6.16-rc6 seems to do OK. I assume the cyclic patterns exploit the lru > worst case thing? Has consideration been given to tweaking the existing > code, detect the situation and work avoid the problem? This can certainly be done. Rate-based clock-pro isn't that far away mechanically from the current 2.6 code and can be introduced in small steps. I'll just have to make it work again ;) -- All Rights Reversed -- 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