Re: 2.6.9-ck1: swap mayhem under UT2004

[Nick Piggin]

Alastair Stevens wrote:
> On Sunday 24 October 2004 3:59, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> > Can you try the following patch to start with, please?
> > (against 2.6.10-rc1, but should apply to most recent kernels I think)
>
>
> [vm-pages_scanned-active_list.patch]
>
> Thanks Nick - seems exemplary so far.  No stuttering or swap thrashing 
> under the time-honoured UT2004 test, even with some phat desktop apps 
> sitting in memory.
>
> I'm still running on 2.6.9-ck1 for now.  Is there anything else you want 
> me to try?

Not really - just make sure to really give it a good beating so
you can be sure the problem isn't happening.

>  Presumably VM scanning work is ongoing for 2.6.10?

Unfortunately yes. It is really just a few little niggles rather
than anything fundamental, but they're quite annoying :(

>  I might 
> give -rc1 a spin, just for fun....

It would be a good idea to give -rc1 a spin (with, and without the
patch).

Thanks,
Nick
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