Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:08:40 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] vm_swap_full |
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:36:34PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > > > -/* Swap 50% full? Release swapcache more aggressively.. */ > > -#define vm_swap_full() (nr_swap_pages*2 < total_swap_pages) > > +/* Free swap less than inactive pages? Release swapcache more aggressively.. */ > > +#define vm_swap_full() (nr_swap_pages < nr_inactive_pages) > > > Comments? > > Makes absolutely no sense for systems which have more > swap than RAM, eg. a 64MB system with 200MB of swap. >
How does the inactive list get bigger than physical ram?
If swap is bigger than ram, there is *no* possibility of the inactive list being bigger than swap, and thus no aggressive swapping...
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