Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:46:33 -0000 | From | Alex Bligh - linux-kernel <> | Subject | Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure |
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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().
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