Subject: Re: pool(9) revisited
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/13/1998 18:29:00
>  > 	* time limit on recently used pages; the reclaim function will
>  > 	  not release a page from a pool until N seconds have elapsed
>  > 	  since that page was last used (to avoid thrashing)
> 
> That is definitely a good idea.

Yup, I like it. What does it fall back on in the genuine thrash case where
you've touched everything a few times in the last second, and then you try
to get some new pages? (Pardon, my ignorance of the existing algorithms is
showing.)

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com