Re: [PATCH 0/4] linux-2.6-block: deactivating pagecache for benchmarks

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Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:

> +             .procname       = "drop-pagecache",
> +             .data           = NULL,
> +             .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
> +             .mode           = 0644,

1) Shouldn't this be a trigger? Reading from a trigger doesn't make sense,
   especially when triggering on a read.  .mode = 0200?


2) If you pass an int, wouldn't a bitmask selecting what to free make sense?
   (off cause -1 == everything)
   Maybe this would be overengineered.

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