linux-kernel - Re: Page Cache Question

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Date:	05 Aug 2007 20:01:12 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Adnan Khaleel <akhaleel2001@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Page Cache Question

Adnan Khaleel <akhaleel2001@...oo.com> writes:

> I'm looking for a way to disable the page cache for an
> experimental NUMA system running the 2.6.17 kernel. I would prefer to
> only disable the page cache for my process and still have it be enabled
> by the rest of the system. Is there an easy way of doing this?
> Alternatively, I would be fine disabling the Page Cache altogether as well.

All user memory is in the page cache. Without it you could only run kernel
modules.

-Andi
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