From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270493AbTGaV7o (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:59:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270508AbTGaV7n (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:59:43 -0400 Received: from law11-f124.law11.hotmail.com ([64.4.17.124]:42768 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270493AbTGaV7k (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:59:40 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [216.33.229.163] X-Originating-Email: [muthian_s@hotmail.com] From: "Muthian S" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: madvise on file pages Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:59:39 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jul 2003 21:59:39.0694 (UTC) FILETIME=[0A1AFCE0:01C357AF] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Could someone inform as to what is the behavior when madvise DONTNEED is called on pages that are mmap'd from local files mapped with MAP_SHARED, i.e. they share the same page that the file cache does. In such cases, can madvise be made to release specific pages in the file cache by mmap-ing the relevant file segment ? thanks, Muthian. _________________________________________________________________ Play detective. Identify genuine Windows. http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/coa/index.asp Win cool prizes.