Re: [PATCH 0/7] CART - an advanced page replacement policy

Bill Davidsen
2005-09-29T19:40:51Z

Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Multiple memory zone CART implementation for Linux.
> An advanced page replacement policy.
>
> http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/dmodha/clockfast.pdf
> (IBM does hold patent rights to the base algorithm ARC)

Peter, this is a large patch, perhaps you could describe what configs
benefit, how much, and what the right to use status of the patent might
be. In other words, why would a reader of LKML put in this patch and try it?

The description of how it works is clear, but the problem solved isn't.

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