linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] split file and anonymous page queues #2

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Message-ID: <45FF33A5.7010909@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:06:45 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] split file and anonymous page queues #2

Rik van Riel wrote:
> Split the anonymous and file backed pages out onto their own pageout
> queues.  This we do not unnecessarily churn through lots of anonymous
> pages when we do not want to swap them out anyway.

> Please take this patch for a spin and let me know what goes well
> and what goes wrong.

In order to make testing easier, I have put some kernel RPMs
up on http://people.redhat.com/riel/vmsplit/

Any benchmark results are welcome, especially bad ones.
I want to make sure this thing runs as well as the current
VM in every situation, while also fixing the problems described
in my previous mail.

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