Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:13:29 +1100 | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.10-rc3: kswapd eats CPU on start of memory-eating task |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Con Kolivas wrote: > >> I still suspect the thrash token patch even with the swap token >> timeout at 0. Is it completely disabled at 0 or does it still do >> something? > > > It makes it harder to page out pages from the task holding the > token. I wonder if kswapd should try to steal the token away > from the task holding it, so in effect nobody holds the token > when the system isn't under a heavy swapping load. >
What if the token isn't handed out at all until a heavy swapping load starts? A slight delay in thrash control would be worth it.
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