Re: [PATCH] vm-fix-all_zones_ok (was Re: 2.6.3-mm3)

Nick Piggin
2004-02-24T04:17:33Z

Chris Wedgwood wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:59:48AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
>
>>We've never clearly defined whether pages_high == free_pages means
>>the zone is under limits. According to __alloc_pages() it means
>>that the zone is not under limits, so you've fixed two bugs there.
>>
>
>FWIW 2.6.3-mm3 with the above fix right now seems to behave much
>better in my non-contrived cases than previous kernels I've tested
>with.
>

Out of interest, what is the worst you can make it do with
contrived cases?