Messages in this thread | | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.4.13 high SWAP | Date | 25 Oct 2001 15:23:03 +0200 |
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Hi Marcelo,
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Remember: Everything copied to tmpfs will be kept in memory, so if > you simply copy way too much data to tmpfs thats your problem :)
Nope, it will swap it out.
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Ok, the problem appears to be that tmpfs stuff just stays on the > inactive list, and because it cannot be written out it eventually > totally clogs the system. > > Suggested fix appended (from Andrea),
> --- v2.4.13/linux/fs/ramfs/inode.c Tue Oct 9 17:06:53 2001 > +++ linux/fs/ramfs/inode.c Wed Oct 24 08:59:21 2001
tmpfs != ramfs. So either the patch is not complete or fixes another problem...
Greetings Christoph
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