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

Nick Piggin
2004-09-07T10:46:54Z

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

>
>Hi kernel fellows,
>
>I volunteer. I'll try something tomorrow to compare swappiness of older kernels like
>2.6.5 and 2.6.6, which were fine on SGI's Altix tests, up to current newer kernels
>(on small memory boxes of course).
>

Hi Marcelo,

Just a suggestion - I'd look at the thrashing control patch first.
I bet that's the cause.