https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Linux_Page_Cache_Basics
References
- Jump up ↑ The Buffer Cache (Section 15.3) page 348, Linux-Kernel Manual: Guidelines for the Design and Implementation of Kernel 2.6, Robert Love, Addison-Wesley, 2005
- Jump up ↑ Linux 2.6. – 32 Per-backing-device based writeback (kernelnewbies.org)
- Jump up ↑ Clearing The Linux Buffer Cache (blog.straylightrun.net, 03.12.2009)
- Jump up ↑ Improving Linux performance by preserving Buffer Cache State (insights.oetiker.ch)
Additional Information
- Page Cache, the Affair Between Memory and Files (Blog)
- Linux buffer cache state (Blog)
- The Linux Page Cache and pdflush: Theory of Operation and Tuning for Write-Heavy Loads (Last update 8/08/2007)
- drop_caches (linuxinsight.com)
- Examining Linux 2.6 Page-Cache Performance (linuxinsight.com)
- Page cache (en.wikipedia.org)