Subject: Re: ARC algorithm implementation
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Denis Lagno <dlagno@rambler.ru>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/07/2005 12:02:02
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 03:09:04PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon scribed:
> 1) 	We don't currently track objects' (whether pages in the page
> 	cache, pool items in pools, etc) frequency of use, which is a
> 	prerequisite for many algorithms better than LRU.

what do you mean by page cache?  VM?  AFAIU VM cannot use ARC-like algorithm
in its pure form, it must use something in CLOCK-like form.
Or am I wrong?