Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Mar 1998 14:17:33 -0500 (EST) | From | "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kswapd fix & logic improvement |
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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Rik van Riel wrote: ... > > Turned out the kswapd messages weren't related to the thrashing. > > I would have seen it if I hadn't jumped straight into X. > > Ahh, yes. X allocates a _lot_ of memory at once, and then > the damn thing _uses_ it at once... This is guaranteed to > make kswapd a bit nervous, both with or without my patch.
Not only that, but the network activity X induces puts additional stress on an already low-memory system by allocating lots of unswappable memory. When might we see Pavel's patches to the networking stack meant to get swapping over TCP working, but I think they'll really help stability on systems with low-memory and busy networks, get integrated?
-ben
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