Re: memory handling in pre5/pre6

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 08:56:15 EST


On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 07:28:44PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > >
> > > very obsolete stuff. The fix is to put the lru into the NUMA structure
> > > instead of in the zone. That's another thing I want to fix.
> >
> > You must be the only one who wants this. Linus has already said
> > that he wants to make memory management a per-zone thing...
>
> Balancing between the zones *has* to be global. A global lru is one
> way to achieve that. If you don't have a single lru, then you need to
> emulate one by shrinking zones in an intelligently balanced way.

Indeed, we need to find a solution to this, before 2.4
if possible...

regards,

Rik

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