Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm improvements

Andrew Morton
2004-02-04T10:10:35Z

Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> wrote:
>
> > 2/5: vm-dont-rotate-active-list.patch
> > Nikita's patch to keep more page ordering info in the active list.
> > Also should improve system time due to less useless scanning
> > Helps swapping loads significantly.

It bugs me that this improvement is also applicable to 2.4. if it makes
the same improvement there, we're still behind.