• [$] What is to be done about MGLRU?

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Thu May 21 06:40:09 2026
    "Reclaim" is the task of finding memory that can be taken away from its
    current user and put to better uses within the system; it is a core part of
    the memory-management picture. The addition of the multi-generational LRU (MGLRU) was meant to
    provide a better reclaim implementation than the "traditional LRU" that preceded it, but MGLRU has complicated the situation instead. No fewer than three memory-management-track sessions at the 2026 Linux Storage,
    Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit were focused on MGLRU,
    with an eye toward integrating it more fully, improving its performance,
    and addressing some problems encountered with Android systems.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1072866/
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