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> > Isn't the page coloring algoritm in _vm_page_list_find totally bogus?
> > 
> 
> No, it's not.  The comment is, however, misplaced.  It describes
> the behavior of an inline function in vm_page.h, and not the function
> it precedes.

Hrm.  My comment was based on John Dyson's own observations on its 
behaviour, and other discussions which concluded that the code wasn't 
flexible enough (hardcoded assumptions on cache organisation, size etc.)

If this isn't applicable, my apologies for confusing the matter.

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