Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 21 May 2001 05:54:42 +0200 (CEST) | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac10 |
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On Sun, 20 May 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > @@ -1054,7 +1033,7 @@ > > if (!zone->size) > > continue; > > > > - while (zone->free_pages < zone->pages_low) { > > + while (zone->free_pages < zone->inactive_clean_pages) { > > struct page * page; > > page = reclaim_page(zone); > > if (!page) > > > What you're trying to do with this change ?
Just ensuring that I never had a large supply of cleaned pages laying around at a time when folks are in distress. It also ensures that you never donate your last reclaimable pages, but that wasn't the intent.
It was a stray though that happened to produce measurable improvement.
-Mike
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