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Date:      Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:53:59 -0600
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        frank@exit.com
Cc:        freebsd@bitfreak.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Yeah, but what does it mean? [Was: Re: File trees: the deeper,  the weirder]
Message-ID:  <45457757.6090408@centtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <1162150478.89604.11.camel@jill.exit.com>
References:  <20061029140716.GA12058@comp.chem.msu.su>	<20061029152227.GA11826@walton.maths.tcd.ie>	<006801c6fb77$e4e30100$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>	<4544F837.9010304@bitfreak.org> <1162150478.89604.11.camel@jill.exit.com>

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On 10/29/06 13:34, Frank Mayhar wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 10:51 -0800, freebsd@bitfreak.org wrote:
>> What does vnlru stand for?  VNode List Recycling Unit?  Someone please 
>> tell me.  I lost Deep Thought's email address, so I'm a bit stuck.
> 
> I wasn't in on the naming, but I'll bet it stands for something along
> the lines of VNode Least Recently Used.


Yep, that's what it means.

vn* is commonly used in the kernel for vnodes, and an 'lru' is commonly 
known for a 'least recently used' sort of list.

Eric



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