Re: 2.4.0test3-pre6 hogging mem for cache

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 15:07:02 EST


On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> >If somebody developed the code for page->pte reverse lookup I'd love if we
> >could synchronize since that is something completly indipendent from its
>
> Last snapshot I see from DaveM implements it with an anon_area
> structure that basically only contains an address_space
> structure.
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to use something of more
> dedicated for that reverse lookup purpose

Stephen Tweedie and me came up with some ideas while in London.

I'm sure we can talk about those at OLS next week...

regards,

Rik

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