From:	 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	 unknown@panax.com (Patrick McFarland)
Subject: Re: VM
Date:	 Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:08:40 +0100 (BST)
Cc:	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

> Why is the simple vm system still in place on the linus tree? I would think 
> the smart vm system in the ac tree would be better suited to .. oh.. say ..
>  everything. (The potential for less swapping is _always better_)

I've not reached any final conclusions on the VM - there are things that
Rik's VM shows up that look like the VM algorithm is right but it triggers
other stuff, and there are a couple of hackish bits left in still.

Smart is often good - especially given how slow disk seeks are. But smart is
not always best for any algorithm.

Alan
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