On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:25:23 +0200 (MEST), Ricardo Galli Granada
<gallir@atlas-iap.es> said:
> As I understand, in 2.2.x, shrink_mmap() is in charge of selecting victims
> for swap_out, and for doing it, is called from try_to_swap_out().
> Am I right? If so, Linux uses clock for pages replacement. Doesn't it?
Yes, it uses a clock algorithm for page replacement, although it is
different from traditional Unix VMs in that it has separate clocks for
cache replacement and for VM pageout.
--Stephen
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