Re: [PATCH] fix for VM test9-pre7

Roger Larsson
2000-10-02T08:18:40Z

Hi

Sadly I got a lockup first time when trying to write
this email :-(
So some kind of lockups remain...

Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The attached patch seems to fix all the reported deadlock
> problems with the new VM. Basically they could be grouped
> into 2 categories:
>
> 1) __GFP_IO related locking issues
> 2) something sleeps on a free/clean/inactive page goal
> that isn't worked towards

Trying mmapp002 it gets killed due to no free
memory left...

This was on a 96MB RAM, 180MHz PPro, IDE disks

Riel, have you tested to run with little memory or
limit your memory size? Or rather what system do
you test in.

/RogerL