Re: 2.6.28-rc8 big regression in VM

From: Lukas Hejtmanek
Date: Thu Dec 25 2008 - 05:58:48 EST


On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 06:50:01PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Did the undroppable memory keep growing?

unfotunatley not any more.

> If not, we could take it as a feature instead of bug: the memory
> mapped pages are being protected from being freed. It's not a
> regression either: the feature was there before 2.6.27.
>
> But sure we change that if it's not the desirable behavior.

so I think the issue can be closed for now. I will reopen if I discover
something.

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Lukáš Hejtmánek
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