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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


  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-18 22:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200306182151.h5ILpMcx022062@napali.hpl.hp.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
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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