From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:37:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:37:30 -0400 Received: from cloven-ext.nks.net ([216.139.204.130]:51990 "EHLO homer.mkintl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:37:21 -0400 Message-ID: <3B1E401A.CC0598D1@illusionary.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 10:37:14 -0400 From: Derek Glidden X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Pringlemeir , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps In-Reply-To: <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Bill Pringlemeir wrote: > > [snip] > Derek> overwhelmed. On the system I'm using to write this, with > Derek> 512MB of RAM and 512MB of swap, I run two copies of this > > Please see the following message on the kernel mailing list, > > 3086:Linus 2.4.0 notes are quite clear that you need at least twice RAM of swap > Message-Id: Yes, I'm aware of this. However, I still believe that my original problem report is a BUG. No matter how much swap I have, or don't have, and how much is or isn't being used, running "swapoff" and forcing the VM subsystem to reclaim unused swap should NOT cause my machine to feign death for several minutes. I can easily take 256MB out of this machine, and then I *will* have twice as much swap as RAM and I can still cause the exact same behaviour. It's a bug, and no number of times saying "You need twice as much swap as RAM" will change that fact. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-