Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:44:29 -0700
From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com.br>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: aa VM updates merged was: Linux 2.4.23-pre4
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 04:48:50PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> And finally merge most important part of -aa VM. Those changes are fixing
> some OOM deadlocks, give us better per-zone balancing and better
> reclaiming. The OOM killer has been removed.
> 
> I've been using it on my 256MB desktop: performance feels much better, but 
> it needs extensive testing, so please help.

...

> <marcelo:logos.cnet>:
>   o aa VM merge: Per-zone watermark changes, add lower_zone_reserve_ratio
>   o aa VM merge: page reclaiming logic changes: Kills oom killer
>   o aa VM merge: Page accounting helpers changes
>   o aa VM merge: tunables
>   o aa VM merge: Kill PF_MEMDIE
>   o aa VM merge: Fixup page reclaiming changes patch

Great.  I will be going back to 2.4 to help test this for you.

Now we await the flamewar about removing the OOM killer... :-/
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