Re: New buffer/cache small report and questions

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:49:45 +0200 (CEST)


On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Ricardo Galli Granada wrote:

> It was pointed out that the new page cache only stores data files. Does
> it mean that executable and swapped pages are managed in another
> different way?

no, 'data file' and 'executable file' are the same in Linux. Swapped pages
are handled in a similar manner - if they belong to a file.

-- mingo

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