Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:47:37 -0700 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | Re: ~500 megs cached yet 2.6.5 goes into swap hell |
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Timothy wrote: > Perhaps nice level could influence how much a process is allowed to > affect page cache.
I'm from the school that says 'nice' applies to scheduling priority, not memory usage.
I'd expect a different knob, a per-task inherited value as is 'nice', to control memory usage.
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