Re: [PATCH] swapin readahead and fixes
menion (menion@mindless.com)
Tue, 08 Dec 1998 17:10:00 +0000
> Rik,
>
> That's my point though about not taking I/O time away from other tasks.
> Only mirror pages to swap if there's nothing else blocked for I/O - put
> any free time to work, and mirror pages if swap memory allows in
> anticipation that it may be swapped out later. I suppose a
> least-recently-used approach on the pages would have the highest
> payback. I realize the CPU may be used a little more, but other than
> rc5des it's idle a good bit of the time anyway - perhaps this could be
> one step above an idle task.
>
> Billy
We would be like MS... grinding the drive from boot. I don't like the
idea
personally, but only because I think that in the long run it would be a
slow
killer.. *laugh* OK It makes the hair stand on the back of my neck...
No insult intended.
Joshua
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