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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:38:46 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.16 & Heavy I/O
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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

> Is it really neccecary? Free memory's a waste! The cache will be
> discarded the moment an application needs the memory.

That's not the case with use-once ...

Rik
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