Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932182AbWAAC7I (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:59:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932184AbWAAC7H (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:59:07 -0500 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:2721 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932182AbWAAC6p (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:58:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:19:16 -0200 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Rik van Riel Cc: Peter Zijlstra , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Christoph Lameter , Wu Fengguang , Nick Piggin , Marijn Meijles Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] page-replace-single-batch-insert.patch Message-ID: <20051231221916.GB4024@dmt.cnet> References: <20051230223952.765.21096.sendpatchset@twins.localnet> <20051230224002.765.28812.sendpatchset@twins.localnet> <20051231070320.GA9997@dmt.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 836 Lines: 22 On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:44:07AM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > Unification of active and inactive per cpu page lists is a requirement > > for CLOCK-Pro, right? > > You can approximate the functionality through use of scan > rates. Not quite as accurate as a unified clock, though. Rik, I dont understand what you mean. My point is that the page-replacement-policy abstraction patches affect the original behaviour, and they shouldnt. See the post from Peter about abstracting the per-cpu lists. We're talking about different things. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/