Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]: Adding a counter in vma to indicate the number of physical pages backing it | Date | Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:31:36 +0200 |
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> This information is for user land applications to have the knowledge of > which virtual ranges are getting actively used and which are not.
If you think the kernel needs better information on that wouldn't it be better to use the page accessed bits of the hardware more aggressively?
Before giving up and adding hacks like you're proposing it would be better to explore fully automatic mechanisms fully.
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