Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:25:22 +0100 (MET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | [uPATCH] Re: 2.1.89 broken? |
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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Regis Duchesne wrote:
> > Yeah, I've noticed that everything seems to completetly stop when it's > > swapping, interactive performance is worse when swapping it seems. > > -Myrdraal > Same thing here :(
Since my patch is shorter than some .sigs, I'll post it again.
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--- vmscan.c~ Mon Mar 9 20:51:44 1998 +++ vmscan.c Mon Mar 9 20:51:44 1998 @@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ if (free_memory_available()) break; + if (nr_free_pages + atomic_read(&nr_async_pages) > free_pages_high * 4) + break; gfp_mask = __GFP_IO; try_to_free_page(gfp_mask); /* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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