From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
Cc: ck list <ck@vds.kolivas.org>,
linux list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.16-ck3
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:46:25 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <442F5721.2040906@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200604021401.13331.kernel@kolivas.org>
Con Kolivas wrote:
> These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity.
> It is configurable to any workload but the default ck patch is aimed at the
> desktop and cks is available with more emphasis on serverspace.
>
> THESE INCLUDE THE PATCHES FROM 2.6.16.1 SO START WITH 2.6.16 AS YOUR BASE
>
> Apply to 2.6.16
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.16/2.6.16-ck3/patch-2.6.16-ck3.bz2
>
The swap prefetching here, and the one in -mm AFAIKS still do not follow
the lowmem reserve ratio correctly. This might explain why prefetching
appears to help some people after updatedb swaps stuff out to make room
for pagecache -- it may actually be dipping into lower zones when it
shouldn't.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-02 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-02 4:01 2.6.16-ck3 Con Kolivas
2006-04-02 4:46 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2006-04-02 8:51 ` 2.6.16-ck3 Con Kolivas
2006-04-02 9:37 ` 2.6.16-ck3 Nick Piggin
2006-04-02 9:39 ` [ck] 2.6.16-ck3 Con Kolivas
2006-04-02 9:51 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-03 2:48 ` lowmem_reserve question Con Kolivas
2006-04-03 4:42 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-04-03 4:48 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-03 4:50 ` [ck] " Con Kolivas
2006-04-03 5:14 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-04-03 5:18 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-03 5:31 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-04-04 2:35 ` [ck] " Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 1:10 ` [PATCH] mm: limit lowmem_reserve Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 1:10 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 1:29 ` Respin: " Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 1:29 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 2:43 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-06 2:43 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-06 2:55 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 2:55 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 2:58 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 2:58 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 3:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-06 3:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-04-06 4:36 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 4:36 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 4:52 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-06 4:52 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-07 6:25 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-07 6:25 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-07 9:02 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-07 9:02 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-07 12:40 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-07 12:40 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-08 0:15 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-08 0:15 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-08 0:55 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-08 0:55 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-08 1:01 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-08 1:01 ` Con Kolivas
2006-04-08 1:25 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-08 1:25 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-17 14:11 ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-17 14:11 ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-18 7:11 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-18 7:11 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-18 7:21 ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-18 7:21 ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-18 7:26 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-18 7:26 ` Nick Piggin
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