Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] proc: do not include shmem and driver pages in /proc/meminfo::Cached | From | Rik van Riel <> | Date | Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:05:07 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2016-02-18 at 15:36 -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > The semantics of Cached including shmem and kernel pages have been > this way forever, dictated by the single-LRU implementation rather > They may have been that way forever, but they have also been confusing to users forever, so ...
> than optimal semantics. So it's an uncomfortable proposal to change > it > now. But what other way to fix this for existing users? What other > way > to make the interface more intuitive for future users? And what could > break by removing it now? I guess somebody who already subtracts > Shmem > from Cached. > > What are your thoughts on this? > Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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