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SubjectRe: try_to_swap_out() deactivating pages w. count > 2
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:

> 30:04: [pid-4] page:c10599f4 deact:0 cache:0 age:29 count:164 [164? 1]
> 30:04: [pid-4] page:c10599a8 deact:0 cache:0 age:26 count:164

> 1. what kind of page has 164 references?

mmap(/lib/libc.so, FLAGS);

> 2. why deactivate pages (lots) with count > 2? PINGpong.

They're not deactivated, they're removed from this proces' virtual
memory mapping.

What I _am_ worried about is the fact that we do this to pages with
a really high page age. These things are in active use and cannot
be swapped out any time soon, yet we do claim swap space for it ...

regards,

Rik
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