Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265115AbUFASe7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:34:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265119AbUFASe7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:34:59 -0400 Received: from outmx022.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.2.203]:10663 "EHLO outmx022.isp.belgacom.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265115AbUFASe6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:34:58 -0400 Subject: Re: why swap at all? From: FabF To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1086114982.2278.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:36:23 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 978 Lines: 22 On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 01:30, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <40BBB5F7.1010407@yahoo.com.au> you wrote: > > Well, at the "expense" of paging out unused memory. I don't see > > any swapin. > > On a slow system with small memory you quite often see swapped out > applications like for example a kopete messenger windows. Once you click on > it, it takes 10sec or more to get responsive again. Of course its a slow > system, but gradually paging out and forgetting image pages has that effecct > on faster systems too, makes the desktop sluggish. I guess we have a design problem right here.We could add per-process swappiness attribute.That swap thread becomes boring coz we're looking globally what's going wrong locally. FabF - 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/