Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote:
In my opinion, once a file page is mapped by the process, then it should be treated at par with anon pages. Application programs generally do not mmap a file page if the reuse for the content is very low.
Why not have the VM measure this, instead of making wild assumptions about every possible workload out there? There are a few databases out there that mmap the whole thing. Sleepycat for one... -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
