linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl: vfs_cache

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Message-ID: <46043F96.8030800@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:59:02 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"J.H." <warthog9@...nel.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: vfs_cache_divisor

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> That makes a lot of sense to me.  It gives us finer-grained control
> without having to support fixed-point data.
> 
> I've been working on the fixed-point data patch, but I'm going to give
> this method some time also, to see how it looks in code (instead of just
> thinking about it).
> 

Well, to be specific, it actually is the same thing with different 
syntax (38.55 or 3855/100).

	-hpa
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