From: Benjamin Redelings I <bredelin@ucla.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.8/2.4.9 VM problems
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:13:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B813743.5080400@ucla.edu> (raw)
Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Could you please try this patch against 2.4.9 (patch -p0):
>
> --- ../2.4.9.clean/mm/memory.c Mon Aug 13 19:16:41 2001
> +++ ./mm/memory.c Sun Aug 19 21:35:26 2001
> @@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
> */
> return pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte) ? -1 : 1;
> }
> + SetPageReferenced(page);
> }
>
> /*
>
Well, I tried this, and.... WOW! Much better [:)]
Was it really true, that swapped in pages didn't get marked as
referenced before? It almost felt that bad, but that seems kind of
crazy - I don't completely understand what this fix is doing...
-BenRI
P.S. I tried this on my 64Mb PPro and a 128Mb PIII, and both felt like
they had a lot more memory - e.g. less swapping and stuff.
--
"I will begin again" - U2, 'New Year's Day'
Benjamin Redelings I <>< http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~bredelin/
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From: Benjamin Redelings I <bredelin@ucla.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.8/2.4.9 VM problems
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:13:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B813743.5080400@ucla.edu> (raw)
Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Could you please try this patch against 2.4.9 (patch -p0):
>
> --- ../2.4.9.clean/mm/memory.c Mon Aug 13 19:16:41 2001
> +++ ./mm/memory.c Sun Aug 19 21:35:26 2001
> @@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
> */
> return pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte) ? -1 : 1;
> }
> + SetPageReferenced(page);
> }
>
> /*
>
Well, I tried this, and.... WOW! Much better [:)]
Was it really true, that swapped in pages didn't get marked as
referenced before? It almost felt that bad, but that seems kind of
crazy - I don't completely understand what this fix is doing...
-BenRI
P.S. I tried this on my 64Mb PPro and a 128Mb PIII, and both felt like
they had a lot more memory - e.g. less swapping and stuff.
--
"I will begin again" - U2, 'New Year's Day'
Benjamin Redelings I <>< http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~bredelin/
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next reply other threads:[~2001-08-20 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-20 16:13 Benjamin Redelings I [this message]
2001-08-20 16:13 ` 2.4.8/2.4.9 VM problems Benjamin Redelings I
2001-08-20 17:02 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-20 17:02 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-20 20:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 20:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 19:32 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 19:32 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 21:38 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-20 21:38 ` Rik van Riel
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-17 13:10 Frank Dekervel
2001-08-19 21:00 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 15:40 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-08-20 17:10 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 19:14 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-08-20 20:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 19:12 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-08-20 21:40 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 20:08 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-08-20 20:16 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-08-20 22:54 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 21:50 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-08-20 23:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-20 22:05 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-08-20 23:54 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-21 1:55 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-21 3:51 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-21 3:58 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-21 4:11 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-21 4:08 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-20 21:44 ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-20 22:47 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-21 4:52 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-08-21 5:14 ` Rik van Riel
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