Subject: Re: state of BUFQ_PRIOCSCAN
To: None <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/20/2006 22:13:12
> tls@rek.tjls.com wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:17:43PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > > > Maybe the author (yamt) can explain us why is it marked experimental?
> > > 
> > > i can't remember why. :)
> > 
> > I thought I remembered that you said it didn't work right because the
> > VM system didn't distinguish between pages that were dirty for different
> > reasons.  I do not remember the details!
> 
> Mentioned in this post?
> http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2005/06/09/0001.html
> 
> Or UVM has been improved enough in these days?

no, but it is a more generic problem than BUFQ_PRIOCSCAN, IMO.

YAMAMOTO Takashi