Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2000-02-25

Re: [PATCH] kswapd performance fix

From: Stephen C. Tweedie <hidden>
Date: 2000-02-25 10:26:34

Hi,

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:30:59 +0100 (CET), Rik van Riel
[off-list ref] said:
The patch should apply to any 2.2 or 2.3 kernel, but for
2.3 it'll have the interesting side effect of nullifying
the (minimal) page aging that's going on there.
Have you actually tested the impact of this under a variety of load
conditions?  In the past we have seen such apparently trivial changes
completely break the VM balance under certain loads.

--Stephen
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