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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:00:47 -0000
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH V2 0/7] Cleancache (was Transcendent
	Memory): overview
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To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com>
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Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> Most important, cleancache is "ephemeral".  Pages which are copied into
> cleancache have an indefinite lifetime which is completely unknowable
> by the kernel and so may or may not still be in cleancache at any later time.
> Thus, as its name implies, cleancache is not suitable for dirty pages.  The
> pseudo-RAM has complete discretion over what pages to preserve and what
> pages to discard and when.

Fwiw, the feature sounds useful to userspace too, for those things
with memory hungry caches like web browsers.  Any plans to make it
available to userspace?

Thanks,
-- Jamie