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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 01/14] page-replace-single-batch-insert.patch
From:       Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti () cyclades ! com>
Date:       2005-12-31 22:19:16
Message-ID: 20051231221916.GB4024 () dmt ! cnet
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On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:44:07AM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> > Unification of active and inactive per cpu page lists is a requirement 
> > for CLOCK-Pro, right?
> 
> You can approximate the functionality through use of scan
> rates.  Not quite as accurate as a unified clock, though.

Rik, I dont understand what you mean.

My point is that the page-replacement-policy abstraction patches affect
the original behaviour, and they shouldnt. See the post from Peter about
abstracting the per-cpu lists.

We're talking about different things.

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