Re: [PATCH -mm] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first classcitizen

[Rik van Riel]

Alan Cox wrote:
> > The patch seems reasonable but the changelog and the (non-existent)
> > design documentation could do with a touch-up.
>
> Is it right that I as a user can do things like mmap my database
> PROT_EXEC to get better database numbers by making other
> stuff swap first ?

Yes, but only if your SELinux policy allows you to
mmap something that's both executable and writable
at the same time.

> You seem to be giving everyone a "nice my process up" hack.

A user who wants to slow the system down has always
been able to do so.

I am not convinced that the potential disadvantages
of giving mapped referenced executable file pages an
extra round trip on the active file list outweighs
the advantages of doing so for normal workloads.

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