From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266099AbTLaD1V (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:27:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266100AbTLaD1V (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:27:21 -0500 Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net ([64.164.98.56]:34497 "EHLO mtaw6.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266099AbTLaD1U (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:27:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:27:16 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: john moser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Slab allocator . . . cache? WTF is it? Message-ID: <20031231032716.GZ1882@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: john moser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031230221859.15F503956@sitemail.everyone.net> <20031230235029.GY1882@matchmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031230235029.GY1882@matchmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 03:50:29PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > First of all, does it swap out and stay swapped out, or does it swap in and > out constantly? http://www.matchmail.com/stats/lrrd/matchmail.com/fileserver.matchmail.com-swap.html Look at the monthly graph. Weeks 49 and 50 are 2.4.20-rmap. Week 51 to half of week 52 is 2.4.23 After that it is 2.4.23-aa1. I'd suggest that if you have any problems with too much swapping in and out, to try 2.4.23-aa1. Mike