Re: [ckrm-tech] RFC: Memory Controller

From: Paul Menage
Date: Wed Nov 01 2006 - 02:08:13 EST


On 10/31/06, Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thought this would be hard to do in general, but with a page -->
container mapping that will come as a result of the memory controller,
will it still be that hard?

I meant that it's pretty much impossible with the current APIs
provided by the kernel. That's why one of the most useful things that
a memory controller can provide is accounting and limiting of page
cache usage.

Paul
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