Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757744AbXIERdo (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:33:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754623AbXIERdg (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:33:36 -0400 Received: from pne-smtpout4-sn1.fre.skanova.net ([81.228.11.168]:61040 "EHLO pne-smtpout4-sn1.fre.skanova.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754540AbXIERdf (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:33:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:33:32 +0300 From: Sami Farin To: Linux kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.22: what IS the VM doing? Message-ID: <20070905173332.dzwkm5ofdvtjcal4@m.safari.iki.fi> Mail-Followup-To: Linux kernel Mailing List References: <20070830115429.w2puzet5sllhccdk@m.safari.iki.fi> <46DE085F.2040306@redhat.com> <20070905114545.2hydqpasqx56afkf@m.safari.iki.fi> <46DED83A.8070104@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46DED83A.8070104@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 839 Lines: 25 On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:24:26 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: ... >> *shrug* > > The attached patch should make sure kswapd does not free an > excessive number of pages in zone_normal just because the > pages in zone_highmem are difficult to free. > > It does give kswapd a large margin to continue putting equal > pressure on all zones in normal situations. > > Sami, could you try out this patch to see if it helps your > situation? Thanks, Rik. bzImage is ready, I probably reboot inside one month for a reason or other 8-) -- Do what you love because life is too short for anything else. - 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/