Re: Ability to limit or disable page caching?

[Chris Friesen]

Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:42:31 -0700
> "Kevin Burton" <burton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > What I want to do is either disable the page cache entirely or just
> > tell the OS to cache at max 10% of the available memory.

> I have no such tunable in my code (yet), because I would like the
> kernel to do the right thing automatically.

Given that the kernel doesn't currently do the right thing, what about 
providing a tuneable as a temporary fix for people that are currently 
having problems?

Or are you concerned that they will then not be as willing to test the 
automatic behaviour?

Chris
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