Re: [RFC PATCH 3/10] define page_file_cache

Rik van Riel
2007-11-07T18:17:36Z

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:06:10 -0800 (PST)
Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > How exactly can an anonymous page ever become file backed?
>
> When they get assigned a swap entry.

That does not change their status. They're still swap backed.

> > > Do ramfs pages count as memory backed?
> >
> > Since ramfs pages cannot be evicted from memory at all, they
> > should go into the "noreclaim" page set.
>
> Which LRU do they go on.

With the patch set from last weekend, the file LRU.

With the patch set later this week, they'll be in the
"noreclaim" page set, which is never scanned by the VM.

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