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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: vfs_cache_divisor
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Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> That makes a lot of sense to me.  It gives us finer-grained control
> without having to support fixed-point data.
> 
> I've been working on the fixed-point data patch, but I'm going to give
> this method some time also, to see how it looks in code (instead of just
> thinking about it).
> 

Well, to be specific, it actually is the same thing with different 
syntax (38.55 or 3855/100).

	-hpa