From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: davidm@hpl.hp.com
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: add /proc/sys/kernel/cache_decay_ticks
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:18:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030618221849.GD3543@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16112.58330.522570.329438@napali.hpl.hp.com>
> I don't see why the two have to be tied together. I agree it would be
> _nice_, but having /proc/sys/kernel/cache_decay_ticks in it's current
> form is much better than nothing at all.
The problem is that when you change it later with the sysctl you have a subtle
user visible change, breaking existing users.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-18 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2003-06-18 22:05 ` add /proc/sys/kernel/cache_decay_ticks Andi Kleen
2003-06-18 22:12 ` David Mosberger
2003-06-18 22:18 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2003-06-18 21:51 David Mosberger
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