On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:10:27 -0800 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:44:42 -0800 (PST) > Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > > Track mlocked pages via a ZVC > > > > > > Why? > > > > Large amounts of mlocked pages may be a problem for > > > > 1. Reclaim behavior. > > > > 2. Defragmentation > > > > We know that. What has that to do with this patch? > 3. just counting mlocked pages.... I have an experience that I was asked by the user to calculate "free" pages on the system where several big 'mlockall' process runs, which shared amounts of pages...when I answered the user cannot trust the result of "/bin/free" if you use mlock processes. It was very fun :P -Kame - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
