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Andrew Morton wrote:

>Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Hmm... I guess it is still smooth because it is swapping out only
>> inactive pages. If the standard VM isn't being pushed very hard it
>> doesn't scan mapped pages at all which is why it isn't swapping.
>>
>> I have a preference for allowing it to scan some mapped pages though.
>>
>
>I haven't looked at the code but if, as I assume, it is always scanning
>mapped pages, although at a reduced rate then the effect will be the same
>as setting swappiness to 100, except it will take longer.
>
>

Yep

>That effect is to cause the whole world to be swapped out when people
>return to their machines in the morning. Once they're swapped back in the
>first thing they do it send bitchy emails to you know who.
>
>>From a performance perspective it's the right thing to do, but nobody likes
>it.
>
>

Yeah. I wonder if there is a way to be smarter about dropping these
used once pages without putting pressure on more permanent pages...
I guess all heuristics will fall down somewhere or other.

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