Re: 2.6.3-mm3

Mike Fedyk
2004-02-25T21:31:44Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Andrew Morton wrote:
>>
>>>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.3/2.6.3-mm3/
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I have 2.6.3 on the 1.5GB RAM server that started the "large slab" thread.
>>
>>Which patches should I apply from -mm to test for improvements?
>
>
> Just apply the mm3 rollup patch.

I ended up having to do that. :-/

>
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>>Do these below have any dependencies not listed?
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> Probably not. If they apply ten they'll work.
>

They won't apply in the order as listed in the -mm3 series file. :(

>
>>What about Nick's fix up patch for the two patches above? Should I
>>include that one also?

I'm running 2.6.3-mm3-486-fazok (nick's patch), and it has improved my
slab usage greatly. It was averaging 500MB-700MB slab. Now slab is
~230MB, and page cache is ~700MB

See:
http://www.matchmail.com/stats/lrrd/matchmail.com/srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com-memory.html

Is there any way I can get the VM patches against 2.6.3? I'm not
comfortable with running -mm3 on this production server, especially
seeing the "sync hang" bug.

Thanks,

Mike