linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Fix LSF default inconsistency

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:37 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
CC:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Fix LSF default inconsistency

Hugh Dickins wrote:

> Sorry, I'm still puzzled: I thought the unevictable lru was for
> shared file pages as well as for anon pages?  Of course I agree
> with you over the anons (and shm and tmpfs get counted along
> with the anons in this context), but wouldn't we still need
> an unevictable lru for mlocked shared file pages?

Good point, you are correct.  I had forgotten about that
part completely - keeping CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU may be
a good idea after all.

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