From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 03:18:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 03:18:08 -0400 Received: from sportingbet.gw.dircon.net ([195.157.147.30]:55044 "HELO sysadmin.sportingbet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 03:17:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:14:16 +0100 From: Sean Hunter To: Russell Leighton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Message-ID: <20010606081416.B15199@dev.sportingbet.com> Mail-Followup-To: Sean Hunter , Russell Leighton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3B1D8A82.63FA138C@247media.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B1D8A82.63FA138C@247media.com>; from russell.leighton@247media.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:42:26PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:42:26PM -0400, Russell Leighton wrote: > > I also need some 2.4 features and can't really goto 2.2. > I would have to agree that the VM is too broken for production...looking > forward to the work that (hopefully) will be in 2.4.6 to resolve these issues. > Boring to do a "me too", but "me too". We have four big production oracle servers that could use 2.4 . However, the test server we have put 2.4 on has no end of ridiculous VM and OOM problems. It seems bizarre that a 4GB machine with a working set _far_ lower than that should be dying from OOM and swapping itself to death, but that's life in 2.4 land. Sean