Comparing buffer cache algorithms on 2.2.17. Suggestions?

2001-02-17 Thread Fireball Freddy
Howdy, Trying to implement some different buffer caching algorithms in Linux. This is just for comparison purposes for a thesis, not suggesting any problem with the current scheme. Here is what I'm attempting: o Eliminate BUF_CLEAN, BUF_DIRTY, and BUF_LOCKED lists in favor of a single BUF_

Re: Comparing buffer cache algorithms on 2.2.17. Suggestions?

2001-02-20 Thread Stephen Tweedie
Hi, On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 02:15:40PM -0800, Fireball Freddy wrote: > > o Eliminate BUF_CLEAN, BUF_DIRTY, and BUF_LOCKED > lists in favor of a single BUF_LRU list. This because > I don't see the point of maintaining three lists... > the only time I need to find all the dirty blocks is > on a