From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ast@domdv.de
Subject: Re: broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:20:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010917192022.313ddd5f.skraw@ithnet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109170942161.8900-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010917183433.5b992e74.skraw@ithnet.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109170942161.8900-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:46:28 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
> "Looks cleaner" is very important for me for maintenance reasons - having
> behaviour that you cannot explain tends to result in more and more ad-hoc
> hacks over time, and it just tends to get worse and worse.
Agreed.
> However, at the same time I'd really like to hear about improved
> behaviour, not just "feels the same". And certainly not "(maybe even
> worse.."
Hm, sorry for that. But that's what I see. Maybe the problem is now on a
different field.
> The problematic part is that I suspect that _because_ there's a lot of
> inactive pages, the VM layer won't even try to age the active ones.
> Which will result in the inactive pages being re-circulated reasonably
> quickly..
Do you think this re-circulation is _fast_ in current code? Maybe performance
loss comes from this point?
BTW: I tried Andrea's brand new patch and have to admit it has a _big_
performance gain, though I understand you dislike the design very much.
Regards,
Stephan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-17 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 171+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-16 15:19 broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9 Ricardo Galli
2001-09-16 15:23 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-09-16 16:33 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-16 16:50 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2001-09-16 17:12 ` Ricardo Galli
2001-09-16 17:06 ` Ricardo Galli
2001-09-16 17:18 ` Jeremy Zawodny
2001-09-16 18:16 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-16 18:45 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-21 3:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-09-21 10:21 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-21 14:08 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-09-21 14:23 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-23 13:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-23 13:27 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 10:43 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-21 12:13 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 12:55 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-21 13:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-22 11:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-22 20:05 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-24 9:36 ` Linux VM design VDA
2001-09-24 11:06 ` Dave Jones
2001-09-24 12:15 ` Kirill Ratkin
2001-09-24 13:29 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-24 14:05 ` VDA
2001-09-24 14:37 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-24 14:42 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-24 18:37 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-24 18:46 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-09-24 19:16 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-24 19:32 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-24 17:27 ` Rob Landley
2001-09-24 21:48 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-25 9:58 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-25 16:03 ` bill davidsen
2001-09-24 19:11 ` Dan Mann
2001-09-25 10:55 ` VDA
2001-09-16 19:43 ` broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9 Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 19:57 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-16 20:17 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-16 20:29 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2001-09-16 21:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 22:47 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-09-16 22:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 22:59 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-16 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 23:29 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-17 15:35 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-17 15:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 16:34 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-17 16:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 17:20 ` Stephan von Krawczynski [this message]
2001-09-17 17:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 0:37 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-17 1:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 2:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-17 5:11 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-17 12:33 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-17 12:41 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-17 14:49 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-17 16:14 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-17 16:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 15:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 12:26 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-17 15:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 12:04 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-17 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 18:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 12:09 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 3:10 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-09-17 8:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-17 8:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-17 12:12 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-17 12:12 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-17 15:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-17 15:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-09-22 19:59 Peter Magnusson
2001-09-22 20:46 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-22 21:46 ` Peter Magnusson
2001-09-22 19:59 Peter Magnusson
2001-09-22 20:18 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-19 22:15 Rob Fuller
2001-09-19 22:15 ` Rob Fuller
2001-09-19 22:21 ` David S. Miller
2001-09-19 22:21 ` David S. Miller
2001-09-19 22:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-09-20 3:16 ` GOTO Masanori
2001-09-20 7:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2001-09-19 22:30 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 22:30 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 22:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 22:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 22:51 ` Bryan O'Sullivan
2001-09-19 22:51 ` Bryan O'Sullivan
2001-09-17 15:40 Rob Fuller
2001-09-17 15:40 ` Rob Fuller
2001-09-17 16:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-17 16:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 9:45 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-19 9:45 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-19 19:45 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 19:45 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 21:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 21:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 22:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 22:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 22:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 22:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 23:05 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-19 23:05 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-20 11:28 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-20 11:28 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-20 12:06 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-20 12:06 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 8:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-21 8:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-21 12:10 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 12:10 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 15:27 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-21 15:27 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-22 7:09 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-22 7:09 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-25 11:04 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-09-25 11:04 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-09-20 12:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-20 12:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-20 13:40 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-20 13:40 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-09-24 22:50 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-24 22:50 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-26 18:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-26 18:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-26 23:44 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-26 23:44 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-27 13:52 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-27 13:52 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-10-01 11:37 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-10-01 11:37 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-19 23:00 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-19 23:00 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 8:23 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-21 8:23 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-21 12:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 12:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-22 2:14 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-22 2:14 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-22 3:09 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-22 3:09 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-21 14:29 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-09-21 14:35 ` Horst von Brand
2001-09-19 21:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 21:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-19 21:55 ` David S. Miller
2001-09-19 21:55 ` David S. Miller
2001-09-20 13:02 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-20 13:02 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-16 19:07 vm rewrite ready [Re: broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9] Rik van Riel
2001-09-16 15:19 ` broken VM in 2.4.10-pre9 Phillip Susi
2001-09-16 19:33 ` Jeremy Zawodny
2001-09-16 19:52 ` Rik van Riel
[not found] <fa.i95if5v.74un2p@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.gu977tv.1b7u0g9@ifi.uio.no>
2001-09-16 18:06 ` Dan Maas
2001-09-15 22:43 Peter Magnusson
2001-09-15 23:50 ` Jan Harkes
2001-09-16 5:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 8:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-09-17 10:25 ` Tonu Samuel
2001-09-16 16:47 ` Jeremy Zawodny
2001-09-16 18:36 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-16 19:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-16 19:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 14:04 ` Olaf Zaplinski
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20010917192022.313ddd5f.skraw@ithnet.com \
--to=skraw@ithnet.com \
--cc=ast@domdv.de \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=torvalds@transmeta.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.