linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/filemap.c: unconditionally call mark_page

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:39:14 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Ashif Harji <asharji@...uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/filemap.c: unconditionally call mark_page_accessed

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 15:58 -0400, Ashif Harji wrote:
> This patch unconditionally calls mark_page_accessed to prevent pages, 
> especially for small files, from being evicted from the page cache despite 
> frequent access.

Since we're hackling over the use-once stuff again...

/me brings up: http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=115316894804385&w=2 and
ducks.

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