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Subject: Re: [patch 1/13] minimal rmap
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 12:31, Rik van Riel wrote:

> > That is not a problem with rmap per se, it's a result of not properly
> > handling streaming IO.
> 
> Umm, updatedb isn't exactly streaming...

Similar properties that warrant similar behavior, though - specifically,
cache and swap behavior ideally would be use-once.

	Robert Love

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