From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261649AbUBVCq3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:46:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261651AbUBVCq3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:46:29 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([199.26.172.102]:12549 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261649AbUBVCq2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:46:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:46:23 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Nick Piggin Cc: Mike Fedyk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Large slab cache in 2.6.1 Message-ID: <20040222024623.GE703@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Nick Piggin , Mike Fedyk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4037FCDA.4060501@matchmail.com> <4038014E.5070600@matchmail.com> <20040222012033.GC703@holomorphy.com> <40380DE2.4030702@matchmail.com> <20040222021710.GD703@holomorphy.com> <4038162C.7080301@cyberone.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4038162C.7080301@cyberone.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org William Lee Irwin III wrote: >> I think they're in -mm, and I'd call the vfs slab cache shrinking stuff >> a vfs issue anyway because there's no actual VM content to it, apart >> from the code in question being driven by the VM. On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 01:38:36PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > Yes they're in -mm and in dire need of more testing. > The indented audience are people who's machines are swapping a lot, > but ensuring they don't break more common cases isn't a bad idea. The only symptom I'm having is running out of filp's shortly after boot. I'm not having any performance issues. In fact, I'll send an unrelated post out about how happy I am about performance. =) -- wli