Re: swapping and the value of /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Alan Cox
2004-09-08T23:36:39Z

On Mer, 2004-09-08 at 22:10, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> I really don't see any point in pushing the self-tuning of the kernel out
> into userspace. What are you hoping to achieve?

What if there is more than one right answer to "self-tune" policy. Also
what if you want an application to tweak the tuning in ways that are
different to general policy ?