Re: [PATCH] Subtract min_free_kbytes from dirtyable memory

[Rik van Riel]

On 01/20/2013 10:15 PM, paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When calculating amount of dirtyable memory, min_free_kbytes should be
> subtracted because it is not intended for dirty pages.
>
> Using an "extern int" because that is the only interface to some such
> sysctl values.
>
> (This patch does not solve the PAE OOM issue.)
>
> Paul Szabo   psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia
>
> Reported-by: Paul Szabo <psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/695182
> Signed-off-by: Paul Szabo <psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>


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