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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:28:54 +1000
From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
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To: Alastair Stevens <alastair@altruxsolutions.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-ck1: swap mayhem under UT2004
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Alastair Stevens wrote:
> On Sunday 24 October 2004 3:59, Nick Piggin wrote:
> 
>>Can you try the following patch to start with, please?
>>(against 2.6.10-rc1, but should apply to most recent kernels I think)
> 
> 
> [vm-pages_scanned-active_list.patch]
> 
> Thanks Nick - seems exemplary so far.  No stuttering or swap thrashing 
> under the time-honoured UT2004 test, even with some phat desktop apps 
> sitting in memory.
> 
> I'm still running on 2.6.9-ck1 for now.  Is there anything else you want 
> me to try?

Not really - just make sure to really give it a good beating so
you can be sure the problem isn't happening.

>  Presumably VM scanning work is ongoing for 2.6.10?

Unfortunately yes. It is really just a few little niggles rather
than anything fundamental, but they're quite annoying :(

>  I might 
> give -rc1 a spin, just for fun....
> 

It would be a good idea to give -rc1 a spin (with, and without the
patch).

Thanks,
Nick
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