Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:46:46 -0700 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: cache limit |
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:15:46PM +0200, Ihar 'Philips' Filipau wrote: > If I have 1GB of memory and my applications for use only 16MB - it > doesn't mean I want to fill 1GB-16MB with garbage like file my momy had > viewed two weeks ago. > > That's it: OS should scale for *application* *needs*. > > Can you compare in your mind overhead of managing 1GB of cache with > managing e.g. 16MB of cache? >
Ok, let's benchmark it.
Yes, I can see the logic in your argument, but at this point, numbers are needed to see if or how much of a win this might be. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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