From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail138.messagelabs.com (mail138.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.35]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F109F6B0174 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:08:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so2475142vws.14 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:08:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Gamari Subject: [RFC PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:08:28 -0400 Message-Id: <1288548508-22070-1-git-send-email-bgamari.foss@gmail.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ben Gamari List-ID: This will allow distributions to tune this important vm parameter in a more self-contained manner. Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari --- Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 2 +- mm/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 6c7d18c..792823b 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap memory pages. Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower values decrease the amount of swap. -The default value is 60. +The default value is 60 (changed with CONFIG_DEFAULT_SWAPINESS). ============================================================== diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 9c61158..729ecec 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ config SPARSEMEM_MANUAL endchoice +config DEFAULT_SWAPPINESS + int "Default swappiness" + default "60" + range 0 100 + help + This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap + memory pages. Higher values will increase agressiveness, lower + values decrease the amount of swap. Valid values range from 0 to 100. + + If unsure, keep default value of 60. + config DISCONTIGMEM def_bool y depends on (!SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL && ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE) || DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 3ff3311..342975f 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct scan_control { /* * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy. */ -int vm_swappiness = 60; +int vm_swappiness = CONFIG_DEFAULT_SWAPPINESS; long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */ static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org