Tigran Aivazian wrote:
>
> Hi Rik,
>
> > I think registering a cache with do_try_to_free_pages()
> > is a good idea. It allows for a more flexible architecture
> > where drivers can register and unregister caches at their
> > whim and still have their caches shrunk on demand if there's
> > memory pressure.
>
> definitely. Not just drivers, but filesystems too. (but you probably meant
> that inclusive).
Can be used both in the kernel and in modules. For example, both the dentry and
inode cache should use this mechanism.
Andreas
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