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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 11:38:22 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mike Galbraith <mikeg@wen-online.de>
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Subject: Re: VM in 2.4.7-pre hurts...
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On 9 Jul 2001, Christoph Rohland wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > --- mm/shmem.c.org	Mon Jul  9 09:03:27 2001
> > +++ mm/shmem.c	Mon Jul  9 09:03:46 2001
> > @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@
> >  	info->swapped++;
> >
> >  	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
> > -out:
> >  	set_page_dirty(page);
> > +out:
> >  	UnlockPage(page);
> >  	return error;
> >  }
> >
> > So, did I fix it or just bust it in a convenient manner ;-)
>
> ... now you drop random pages. This of course helps reducing memory
> pressure ;-)

(shoot.  I figured that was too easy to be right)

> But still this may be a hint. You are not running out of swap, aren't
> you?

I'm running oom whether I have swap enabled or not.  The inactive
dirty list starts growing forever, until it's full of (aparantly)
dirty pages and I'm utterly oom.

With swap enabled, I keep allocating until there's nothing left.
Actual space usage is roughly 30mb (of 256mb), but when you can't
allocate anymore you're toast too, with the same dirt buildup.

	-Mike

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