From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from que006-public.msg.strl.va.charter.net ([68.114.190.43]:34826 "EHLO que006-public.msg.strl.va.charter.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755092AbbLDXNY (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2015 18:13:24 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 18:08:14 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Rutherford Reply-To: dave@evilpettingzoo.com To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org cc: "U.Mutlu" Subject: Re: fsck memory leak Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 5:26 PM, U.Mutlu wrote: > I'm not a friend of such default integrated system caching, it reminds > me of Windows idiocy. This is nothing but a diskcache in ram, ... made up strictly of memory that nothing else wants. This is different than a ramdisk, which itself is something that wants RAM. > but then > the admin should have the the freedom to set the size of the cache via > a config file in etc, for example /etc/default/cache or in /etc/default/tmpfs. Why? It's memory that *nothing else wants*. It's given up instantly the moment something else needs to use it. So there's no downside, unlike with that other "operating system" you mention. > :-) :-( -- Prius I, Pontiff, Schenectadian Catholic Church