Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:01:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:01:02 -0400 Received: from garrincha.netbank.com.br ([200.203.199.88]:31503 "HELO netbank.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:00:51 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:55:52 -0300 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: try_to_swap_out() deactivating pages w. count > 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org 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 On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Ehh... And if we didn't do that, then how could they every become less > > active? > > > > We should _absolutely_ do the swap space reclaiming without looking at > > the page count. > > page->age != page->count Umm, forget that. We only decrease page->age in refill_inactive_scan, so we NEED to put it there. You're right, I should wake up and think a bit more about my own code ;) Rik -- Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose... http://www.surriel.com/ http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com.br/ - 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/