Re: large files unnecessary trashing filesystem cache?

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 13:58:37, Guido Fiala wrote:
> Kernel could do the best to optimize default performance,  
> applications that consider their own optimal behaviour should do  
> so, all other files are kept under default heuristic policy  
> (adaptable, configurable one)
>
> Heuristic can be based on access statistic:
>
> streaming/sequential can be guessed by getting exactly 100% cache  
> hit rate (drop behind pages immediately),

What about a grep through my kernel sources or other linear search  
through a large directory tree?  That would get exactly 100% cache  
hit rate which would cause your method to drop the pages immediately,  
meaning that subsequent greps are equally slow.  I have enough memory  
to hold a couple kernel trees and I want my grepping to push OO.org  
out of RAM for a bit while I do my kernel development.


Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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