Re: [PATCH 1/1] pagemap clear_refs: modify to specify anon ormapped vma clearing

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Wed Jul 29 2009 - 12:42:10 EST


On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 15:58 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Total aside, is there potential to really mess with LRU aging by abusing
> clear_refs a lot, partcularly as clear_refs is writable by the process
> owner? Does it matter?

Absolutely. However, it's generally the process owner who will suffer.

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