linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Limit the size of the pagecache

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701240657130.9696@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:58:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Aubrey Li <aubreylee@...il.com>,
	Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Robin Getz <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>,
	"Henn, erich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Limit the size of the pagecache

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:

> I can't argue that a smaller pagecache will be subject to a
> higher turnaround given the same workload, but I don't know why
> that would be a good thing.

Neither do I. Wonder why we need this but I keep getting 
these requests. Could we either find a reason for limiting the pagecache 
or get this out of our system for good?
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