Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

From: Alex Bligh - linux-kernel (linux-kernel@alex.org.uk)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 17:46:33 EST

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--On Monday, 28 January, 2002 9:39 AM -0800 Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:

> Thus any slab user that wants to, could just register their own per-page
> memory pressure logic.

It might be useful to use a similar type interface to aid
in defragmentation - i.e. 'relocate the stuff on this
(physical) page please, I want it back'. If nothing is
registered, the default mechanism could be just to free it
a la writepage().

--
Alex Bligh
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