[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-02-01 Thread Chris Mason
On Tuesday, January 29, 2002 01:46:43 PM +0300 Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander Viro wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Hans Reiser wrote: >> >>> This fails to recover an object (e.g. dcache entry) which is used once, >>> and then spends a year in cache on the same page

[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-02-01 Thread Chris Mason
On Tuesday, January 29, 2002 01:46:43 PM +0300 Hans Reiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexander Viro wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Hans Reiser wrote: This fails to recover an object (e.g. dcache entry) which is used once, and then spends a year in cache on the same page as an object

[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-01-30 Thread Horst von Brand
Josh MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] > We're not talking about actively referenced entries, we're talking about > entries on the d_lru list with zero references. Relocating those objects > should not require any more locking than currently required to remove and > re-insert the

[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-01-30 Thread Hans Reiser
Oliver Xymoron wrote: > >Can we get you to agree that basically all subpage objects are immovable? > No. Certainly not in the general case, and I think Josh found ways to handle the dcache case. If we can simply free the old objects, we don't actually have to move the hot ones, as he points

[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-01-30 Thread Hans Reiser
Oliver Xymoron wrote: Can we get you to agree that basically all subpage objects are immovable? No. Certainly not in the general case, and I think Josh found ways to handle the dcache case. If we can simply free the old objects, we don't actually have to move the hot ones, as he points

[reiserfs-list] Re: [reiserfs-dev] Re: Note describing poor dcache utilization under high memory pressure

2002-01-30 Thread Horst von Brand
Josh MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [...] We're not talking about actively referenced entries, we're talking about entries on the d_lru list with zero references. Relocating those objects should not require any more locking than currently required to remove and re-insert the dcache