Re: broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9

From: Stephan von Krawczynski (skraw@ithnet.com)
Date: Sun Sep 16 2001 - 17:59:33 EST


> [...]
> Anybody willing to test the simple used-once cleanups? No
guarantees, but
> at least they make sense (some of the old interactions certainly do
not).
                                                                      
Very willing. Just send it to me, please.
                                                                      
> (The new code is a simple state machine:
>
> - touch non-referenced page: set the reference bit
>
> - touch already referenced page: move it to next list "upwards" (ie
the
> active list)
>
> - age a non-referenced page on a list: move to "next" list
downwards (ie
> free if already inactive, move to inactive if currently active)
>
> - age a referenced page on a list: clear ref bit and move to
beginning of
> same list.
                                                                      
Are you sure about the _beginning_? You are aging out _all_ non-ref
pages in the next step?
                                                                      
Regards,
Stephan
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
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