Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Dec 1998 16:28:13 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] swapin readahead v3 + kswapd fixes |
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Rik van Riel wrote: > > >--- ./mm/vmscan.c.orig Thu Nov 26 11:26:50 1998 > >+++ ./mm/vmscan.c Tue Dec 1 07:12:28 1998 > >@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ > > kmem_cache_reap(gfp_mask); > > > > if (buffer_over_borrow() || pgcache_over_borrow()) > >+ state = 0; > > This _my_ patch should be enough. Did you tried it without the other > stuff?
Yes, I tried the other stuff but something broke without the little piece I added. All my piece added to vmscan.c does is make sure that we actually free memory when we have done some swap_out()s.
Otherwise kswapd won't stop swapping when things 'go well'.
cheers,
Rik -- now completely used to dvorak kbd layout... +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Linux memory management tour guide. H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl | | Scouting Vries cubscout leader. http://www.phys.uu.nl/~riel/ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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