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SubjectRe: Possible Idea with filesystem buffering.
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Matt <matt@progsoc.uts.edu.au> said:

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> i know this sounds semi-evil, but can't you just drop another non
> dirty page and do a copy if you need the page you have been asked to
> write out? because if you have no non dirty pages around you'd
> probably have to drop the page anyway at some stage..

Better not. "Get rid of A", OK, copied to B. "Get rid of B", OK, copied to
C. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
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Horst von Brand http://counter.li.org # 22616
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