Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760178AbWLDA6N (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:58:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760179AbWLDA6N (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:58:13 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:48271 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760178AbWLDA6N (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:58:13 -0500 Message-Id: <200612040057.kB40vurM019005@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Aucoin@Houston.RR.com cc: "'Tim Schmielau'" , "'Andrew Morton'" , torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, clameter@sgi.com Subject: Re: la la la la ... swappiness In-Reply-To: Message from "Aucoin" of "Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:56:30 MDT." <200612032356.kB3NuPc0010673@ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.5 (beta27) Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:57:56 -0300 From: "Horst H. von Brand" X-Greylist: Recipient e-mail whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.19.1]); Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:58:01 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1023 Lines: 21 Aucoin wrote: > We want it to swap less for this particular operation because it is low > priority compared to the rest of what's going on inside the box. The swapping is not a "operation" thing, it is global for /all/ what is going on in the box. And having it swap less means assigning it more RAM, i.e., giving it higher (not lower) priority than other stuff happening at the same time. I guess I don't understand what your needs are (not what you want to do to get there). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - 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/