Re: [2.1.131-ac5] MM Experience with X in 6,8 Megs RAM (page cache

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:15:25 +0100 (MET)


On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 20:13:19 +0100 (CET), Rik van Riel
> <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> said:
>
> > Data that is swap-cached is also (erroneously?) reported as
> > page cache. I think we should either change the code or the
> > documentation... Opinions?
>
> We have a "unified VM". The VM is unified with the data cache.
> That's what the page cache _is_. Document it, sure; add an extra line
> in the "free" output showing (cache-shared) to make this explicit,
> fine; but I don't think we need to change the accounting.

Current behaviour is more than OK, yes, but the stats are
rather confusing... That's what I wanted to fix :)

cheers,

Rik.
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