Re: ~500 megs cached yet 2.6.5 goes into swap hell

Jeff Garzik
2004-04-29T00:53:33Z

Wakko Warner wrote:
> This is just my oppinion. I personally feel that cache should use available
> memory, not already used memory (swapping apps out for more cache).

Strongly agreed, though there are pathological cases that prevent this
from being something that's easy to implement on a global basis.

Jeff