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On 08/14/2009 12:16 AM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>
>> - do not ignore the referenced bit
>> - if you see a run of N pages which all have the referenced bit set, do
>> swap one
>>
>>      
>
> But it also means destroying the LRU order.
>
>    

True, it would, but if we ignore the referenced bit, LRU order is really 
FIFO.

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