Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Could you please try this patch against 2.4.9 (patch -p0):
>
> --- ../2.4.9.clean/mm/memory.c Mon Aug 13 19:16:41 2001
> +++ ./mm/memory.c Sun Aug 19 21:35:26 2001
> @@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
> */
> return pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte) ? -1 : 1;
> }
> + SetPageReferenced(page);
> }
>
> /*
>
Well, I tried this, and.... WOW! Much better [:)]
Was it really true, that swapped in pages didn't get marked as
referenced before? It almost felt that bad, but that seems kind of
crazy - I don't completely understand what this fix is doing...
-BenRI
P.S. I tried this on my 64Mb PPro and a 128Mb PIII, and both felt like
they had a lot more memory - e.g. less swapping and stuff.
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