Re: [PATCH/RFC] A method for clearing out page cache

[Ray Bryant <raybry@sgi.com>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Ray Bryant <raybry@sgi.com> wrote:

>>
>>We did it this way because it was easier to get it into SLES9 that way.
>>But there is no particular reason that we couldn't use a system call.
>>It's just that we figured adding system calls is hard.
> 
> 
> aarggh.  This is why you should target kernel.org kernels first.  Now we
> risk ending up with poor old suse carrying an obsolete interface and
> application developers have to be able to cater for both interfaces.
> 

I agree, but time-to-market decisions overrode that.  Anyway, everyone
uses a program called "bcfree" to actually do the buffer-cache freeing,
so changing the interface is not as bad as all that.

Let us put something together along these lines and we will get back to you.

Thanks,
-- 
Best Regards,
Ray
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