Re: Kernel 2.4.16 & Heavy I/O

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Thu Dec 06 2001 - 13:38:46 EST

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

> Is it really neccecary? Free memory's a waste! The cache will be
> discarded the moment an application needs the memory.

That's not the case with use-once ...

Rik

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