Re: [PATCH] sysctl: vfs_cache_divisor

[H. Peter Anvin]

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > The we duplicate all the relevant /proc knobs:
> >
> > cat /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
> > 30
> > cat /proc/sys/vm/hires-dirty_ratio/
> > 300000
> >
> > Or we do something else ;)
>
> Sounds better.  I wasn't very keen on the userspace interface that this
> exposed.  Will look at those.

Okay... may be I could throw a spanner in the machinery, and suggest 
another option: perhaps we should add a way to do sysctl which can 
handle fractional (fixed-point) values... more coherent/detailed message 
tomorrow.

	-hpa
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