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From: David Miller <davem@...>
To: <akpm@...>
Cc: <drepper@...>, <andi@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-mm@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF executables
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 8:09 pm

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:12:11 -0700


I wrote such a patch ages ago as well.

Frankly, based upon my experiences then and what I know now, I think
it's a lose to do this.

Better to 1) have enough ram and 2) make the reclaim smarter about
important "executable" page cache pages.
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[PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF executables, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [8/8] Add mmap_full_slurp support, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [7/8] Add the sysctls to control pbitmaps, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [6/8] Core predictive bitmap engine, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [5/8] Add ELF constants for pbitmaps, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [4/8] Add readahead function to read-ahead..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [3/8] Make readahead max pinned value a sy..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [2/8] Add support to override mmap exec wr..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
[PATCH prototype] [1/8] Give ELF shdr types a name, Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 17, 9:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andrew Morton, (Tue Mar 18, 3:36 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Mar 18, 10:18 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andrew Morton, (Tue Mar 18, 12:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Mar 18, 1:20 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andrew Morton, (Tue Mar 18, 1:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Mar 19, 4:32 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andrew Morton, (Wed Mar 19, 5:04 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Diego Calleja, (Wed Mar 19, 8:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Wed Mar 19, 6:45 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Mar 20, 5:00 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Fri Mar 21, 1:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Mar 21, 1:26 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Sat Mar 22, 12:38 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Sat Mar 22, 12:36 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Mar 22, 3:17 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Nicholas Miell, (Sat Mar 22, 3:24 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Mar 22, 5:10 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Mon Mar 24, 12:20 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Nicholas Miell, (Mon Mar 24, 1:16 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Mon Mar 24, 3:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Mar 25, 3:54 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Ulrich Drepper, (Wed Mar 26, 2:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Mar 26, 2:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Nicholas Miell, (Mon Mar 24, 5:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Mar 24, 1:26 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Nicholas Miell, (Sat Mar 22, 6:16 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Mar 22, 10:29 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Pavel Machek, (Sun Mar 23, 9:25 am)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andi Kleen, (Sun Mar 23, 1:08 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Pavel Machek, (Mon Mar 24, 12:24 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., Andrew Morton, (Wed Mar 19, 7:12 pm)
Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF execu..., David Miller, (Wed Mar 19, 8:09 pm)