> Files are different. File content tends to be grouped > in large related chunks, both logically in the file and > on disk. Generally there is a lot more file data on a > system than what fits in memory.
Binary paging patterns don't always look like that unfortunately although I suspect we might want to be weighing towards paging out R/O file mapped pages earlier simply because they are bigger linear chunks - 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/