On Friday 12 September 2008 19:35:24 Elad Lahav wrote:
> > I am interested in page replacement policy.as I am
> > new to linux kernel I not able to select particular page replacement
> > algorithm for study.
>
> A word of caution:
> These parts of the Linux kernel are usually highly optimised for
> performance. You may find that an algorithm taught in some OS class that
> has a much better complexity than the one currently implemented, behaves
> considerably worse in reality. This is usually due to things that are not
> normally taken into consideration by theorists, such as cache alignment,
> branch predictions, etc.
>
> If you are interested in a project for the sake of learning or
> experimenting with OS principals in general, Linux may not be the right
> choice for you.

Or, as Linux is open-source, and anyone is welcomed to play around with it, 
maybe Linux is *the* choice for you - just don't get your hopes up about 
getting your memory management module included in the mainstream kernel ;)


-- 
mvh Henrik Austad

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