Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:55:20 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: The IBM order relaxation patch |
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On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > This looks hard to fix with the current mm layer. Maybe Rik's > > rmap method could help here, because with reverse mappings we > > can at least try to free adjacent areas (because we then at least > > *know* who's using the pages). > > Yes, that's one of leading reasons for wanting rmap. (Number one and > two reasons are: allow forcible unmapping of multiply referenced pages > for swapout; get more reliable hardware ref bit readings.)
It's still on my TODO list. Patches are very much welcome though ;)
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