Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:51:25 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: try_to_swap_out() deactivating pages w. count > 2 |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104211336390.1685-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>, > Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> wrote: > > > >What I _am_ worried about is the fact that we do this to pages with > >a really high page age. These things are in active use and cannot > >be swapped out any time soon, yet we do claim swap space for it ... > > Ehh... And if we didn't do that, then how could they every become less > active? > > We should _absolutely_ do the swap space reclaiming without looking at > the page count.
page->age != page->count
Rik -- Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose...
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