Re: file access library

[s369625@student.uq.edu.au]

>might >have been swallowed (raka's three year long email saga is still not
>>over.  Can anyone tell me what the OUTBOX folder is exactly an how
>>one uses it?). 
>
>Hmm, I think it contains the mails you wrote/forwarded/... that haven't
>been handed to the MTA yet.
Hmm, well that's useless to me then.
>


>
>But the kernel will much more likely drop a cache page than swap out a page
>belonging to some program if it has the choice. 
I'm not really sure that it will.  A cache page that is often accessed is more
important than a memory page which hasn't been touched for the last minute.
Even if the kernel gives memory pages preferential treatment, it does so for
a reason.  The bottom line is that decisions about what to keep cached and
what not to keep cached are best made by the kernel.

 >
>>Cache-after-decode is nice, I suggest we do a little design work first
>>and see how far the idea can be applied.
>
>Agreed.