Karl Vogel wrote:
>On 18 Jun 2003, you wrote in linux.kernel:
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>>rmoser wrote:
>>[...]
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>>>Ten minutes later I get the brains to run top. It seems I have about
>>>50 MB in swap, and 54 MB free memory. So I wait ten minutes more.
>>>
>>>No change.
>>>
>>>% swapoff -a; swapon -a
>>>
>>>Fixes all my problems.
>>>
>>>Now this long story shows something: The kernel appears to be unable
>>>to intelligently pull swap back into RAM. What gives?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Because the problem _is_ unsolvable. You want the kernel
>>to go "oh, lots of free memory showed up, lets pull
>>everything in from swap just in case someone might need it."
>>
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>You might want to try Con Kolivas' patches on:
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/
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>
Unfortunately he provided no information as to
what kernel and/or distro he is running - for all
we know he's running 2.4.9 - so the con man's
patches probably won't apply.
Joe
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