Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:56:59 -0800 (PST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Limit the size of the pagecache |
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote:
> With your patch, MMAP of a file that will cross the pagecache limit hangs the > system. As I mentioned in my previous mail, without subtracting the > NR_FILE_MAPPED, the reclaim will infinitely try and fail.
Well mapped pages are still pagecache pages.
> I have tested your patch with the attached fix on my PPC64 box.
Interesting. What is your reason for wanting to limit the size of the pagecache?
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