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SubjectRe: Kernel 2.4 diskcache pushes applications into swap?
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Hi

Had the same problem -- even up to 2.4.3. Ed Tomlinsons Patch sorted it out .

It seems that the dentries were not being cleared properly... hope this
helps..
The explanation probably doesn't :-).. (see last weeks list archives)
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--- ./linux/fs/dcache.c Thu Apr 12 09:20:59 2001
+++ dcache.new Thu Apr 12 09:22:38 2001
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
- goto next;
+ continue;
}
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;

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Marcin Kowalski
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Datrix Solutions
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***Open Source Kicks Ass***
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