On Nov 15, 2007 5:24 PM, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ I realize this is probably better implemented outside of the kernel, but > it seems like it might be of interest here. Please redirect me to > a more appropriate place if you can think of one (other than > /dev/null that is). ]
It would require some kernel support to reclaim the storage from the caching application rather than returning -ENOSPC when a "normal" app needs the storage. Even if you make the caching app free the space by itself you need a kernel mechanism to signal it when this happens. Lee - 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/
