Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:56:59 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: page aging for _BUFFER_ cache? |
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Bill Hawes wrote: > > 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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