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SubjectRe: [PATCH][1/2] return values shrink_dcache_memory etc
On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > this patch, against current 2.5.27, builds on the patch that let
> > kmem_cache_shrink return the number of pages freed. This value
> > is used as the return value for shrink_dcache_memory and friends.

> I'd be much more interested in the "put the cache pages on the dirty list,
> and have memory pressure push them out in LRU order" approach. Somebody
> already had preliminary patches.
>
> That gets _rid_ of dcache_shrink() and friends, instead of making them
> return meaningless numbers.

OK, I'll try to forward-port Ed's code to do that from 2.4 to 2.5
this weekend...

regards,

Rik
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