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Subject: Re: Can't make use of swap memory in 2.6.7-bk19
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William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com> writes:
> 
>>>Heh, one goes in while I'm not looking, and look what happens.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 02:59:11PM +0200, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> 
>>Actually, the failure is caused by this change:
>>http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@40db004cKFYB35xMHcRXNijl81BLag?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-3w
>>It only fails when /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode is 1.
> 
> 
> Oh, then I'm stuck in the GFP_WIRED quagmire after all. I guess since
> fixing it involves adding lines I'm in deep trouble.
> 

Or just see if you can tighten up the conditions for OOM to
start with?