linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] splitlru: BDI_CAP_SWAP

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:23:54 +0100 (BST)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] splitlru: BDI_CAP_SWAP_BACKED

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> 
> Hmm, how about adding LRU only for shmem/tmpfs ? nonsense ? ;)

I'd much prefer not: the more LRUs, the more balancing problems;
And I don't think shmem/tmpfs _deserves_ its own LRUs.
But it cannot be ruled out.

Hugh
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