On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:19 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Even more, we may introduce two attributes: >> >> RECLAIMABLE_CACHE_PAGES and >> RECLAIMABLE_CACHE_PAGES_NOIO (which excludes dirty pages). >> >> This makes ABI detached from the mm internals and still keeps a >> defined meaning of the attributes. > > Collection of craps are also crap. If you want to improve userland > notification, you should join VM improvement activity. You shouldn't > think nobody except you haven't think userland notification feature. > > The problem is, Any current kernel vm statistics were not created for > such purpose and don't fit. > > Even though, some inaccurate and incorrect statistics fit _your_ usecase, > they definitely don't fit other. And their people think it is bug. Well, yeah, if we are to report _number of pages_, the numbers better be meaningful. That said, I think you are being unfair to Anton who's one of the few that's actually taking the time to implement this properly instead of settling for an out-of-tree hack. -- 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>