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