Re: [PATCH 01/14] page-replace-single-batch-insert.patch

Peter Zijlstra
2005-12-31T09:43:30Z

On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 05:03 -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 11:40:24PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> >
> > page-replace interface function:
> > __page_replace_insert()
> >
> > This function inserts a page into the page replace data structure.
> >
> > Unify the active and inactive per cpu page lists. For now provide insertion
> > hints using the LRU specific page flags.
>
> Unification of active and inactive per cpu page lists is a requirement
> for CLOCK-Pro, right?
>
> Would be nicer to have unchanged functionality from vanilla VM
> (including the active/inactive per cpu lists).

I guess I could pull all that pcp stuff into page_replace if that would
make you happy ;-)

> Happy new year!

Best wishes!

--
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>