On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, Zheng Da wrote: > I try to understand the Linux memory management. I was told Linux uses > ClockPro to manage page cache > and http://linux-mm.org/PageReplacementDesign also says so for file pages. > But when I read the ClockPro paper, > it doesn't look the same. The Linux implementation doesn't have > non-resident pages. Other than > that, it doesn't have the same test period mentioned in the paper. I wonder > if the Linux implementation > have the same effect as ClockPro. Could anyone confirm Linux is still using > ClockPro? That Linux is using Clockpro is news to me. Linux Memory management uses some ideas from Clockpro to improve reclaim etc but it does not implement ClockPro. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>