Re: [PATCH 0/39] mm: 2.6.17-pr1 - generic page-replacement framework and 4 new policies

Christoph Lameter
2006-07-16T03:50:06Z

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Now on the why, I still believe one of the advanced page replacement
> algorithms are better than the currently implemented. If only because
> they have access to more information, namely that provided by the
> nonresident page tracking. (Which, as shown by Rik's OLS entry this
> year, provides more interresting uses)

Could you show us some workloads where this makes a significant
difference?