Re: VM in 2.4.7-pre hurts...

Christoph Rohland
2001-07-09T09:32:18Z

Hi Mike,

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> --- mm/shmem.c.org Mon Jul 9 09:03:27 2001
> +++ mm/shmem.c Mon Jul 9 09:03:46 2001
> @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@
> info->swapped++;
>
> spin_unlock(&info->lock);
> -out:
> set_page_dirty(page);
> +out:
> UnlockPage(page);
> return error;
> }
>
> So, did I fix it or just bust it in a convenient manner ;-)

... now you drop random pages. This of course helps reducing memory
pressure ;-)

But still this may be a hint. You are not running out of swap, aren't
you?

Greetings
Christoph