Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261462AbUCNTzR (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:55:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261505AbUCNTzR (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:55:17 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:1974 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261462AbUCNTzN (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:55:13 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:54:58 -0500 (EST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com To: Marcelo Tosatti cc: j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com, , , , Subject: Re: [2.4] heavy-load under swap space shortage In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 26 On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > - It is off by default > - It is very simple (non intrusive), it just changes the point in which > anonymous pages are inserted into the LRU. > - When turned on, I dont see it being a reason for introducing new > bugs. > > What you think of this? 1) Yes, the patch is harmless enough. 2) As long as the default behaviour doesn't change from how things are done now, the patch shouldn't introduce any regressions, so it should be safe to apply. -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/