Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264970AbUD2VjW (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:39:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264870AbUD2Vha (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:37:30 -0400 Received: from mtvcafw.sgi.com ([192.48.171.6]:21782 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264978AbUD2Vga (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:36:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:34:03 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Andrew Morton Cc: vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, jgarzik@pobox.com, brettspamacct@fastclick.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ~500 megs cached yet 2.6.5 goes into swap hell Message-Id: <20040429143403.35a7a550.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040429141947.1ff81104.akpm@osdl.org> References: <40904A84.2030307@yahoo.com.au> <200404292001.i3TK1BYe005147@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> <20040429133613.791f9f9b.pj@sgi.com> <20040429141947.1ff81104.akpm@osdl.org> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 21 Andrew wrote: > Two things: > a) a knob to say "only reclaim pagecache". We have that now. > b) a knob to say "reclaim vfs caches harder" ... Are these knobs system wide in affect, or per job? I am presuming system wide. When I'm working late, I want my updatedb/backup jobs to scrunch themselves into a corner, even as my builds and gui desktop continue to fly and suck up RAM. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373 - 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/