Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:01:50 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: VM in v2.4.0test9 |
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On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > First, you have MORE free memory than freepages.high. In this > > > case I really don't see why __alloc_pages() wouldn't give the > > > memory to your processes .... > > > > Hmm... > > Can't it be a zone problem? > > Free pages is the total free - all zones. > > But suppose you want a page from a specific zone - DMA, the more > > memory you have the less likely that you have a DMA page free... > > Does all test take this into consideration? > > Free_shortage() /should/ take this into consideration, and unless > I'm wrong, it does ;)
Also, a zone problem CANNOT cause the problem in David's 16MB test ...
(this is getting stranger and stranger)
regards,
Rik -- "What you're running that piece of shit Gnome?!?!" -- Miguel de Icaza, UKUUG 2000
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