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SubjectRe: page aging for _BUFFER_ cache?


On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Bill Hawes wrote:
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> Perhaps it would help to clear the touched bit for a buffer after updating the
> page cache following a write? Assuming that the b_count of a data buffer goes to
> 0 quickly following the write, clearing the touched bit would make the page seem
> unreferenced the next time shrink_mmap looked at it, and it would then be
> reclaimed.

Sounds like a good enough strategy to me. Simplicity is always good.

Linus


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