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Re: [2.1.130-3] Page cache DEFINATELY too persistant... feature?

To: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [2.1.130-3] Page cache DEFINATELY too persistant... feature?
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:31:04 -0800 (PST)
cc: Benjamin Redelings I <bredelin@ucsd.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-mm@kvack.org
In-Reply-To: <199811271602.QAA00642@dax.scot.redhat.com>
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On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> 
> The patch below both makes sense from this perspective and seems to
> work, which is always a good sign!  Moreover, it is inherently
> self-tuning.  The more recently-accessed cache pages we encounter, the
> faster we will age the cache.

Looks sane to me. The previous counters never had any good reason behind
them either, this at least tries to reason about it. Applied.

		Linus

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  - From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>

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