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Re: [highmem bug report against -test5 and -test6] Re: [PATCH] Re: simple FS application that hangs 2.4-test5, mem mgmt problem or FS buffer cache mgmt problem? (fwd)

To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Subject: Re: [highmem bug report against -test5 and -test6] Re: [PATCH] Re: simple FS application that hangs 2.4-test5, mem mgmt problem or FS buffer cache mgmt problem? (fwd)
From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:56:28 +0200
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, linux-mm@kvack.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010021630500.22539-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:35:43PM -0300
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010021630500.22539-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:35:43PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> because we keep the buffer heads on active pages in memory...

A page can be the most active and the VM and never need bh on it after the
first pagein. Keeping the bh on it means wasting tons of memory for no good
reason.

Andrea
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