From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Alastair Stevens <alastair@altruxsolutions.co.uk>
Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.9-ck1: swap mayhem under UT2004
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:28:54 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <417BA006.3030305@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200410241138.55618.alastair@altruxsolutions.co.uk>
Alastair Stevens wrote:
> On Sunday 24 October 2004 3:59, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
>>Can you try the following patch to start with, please?
>>(against 2.6.10-rc1, but should apply to most recent kernels I think)
>
>
> [vm-pages_scanned-active_list.patch]
>
> Thanks Nick - seems exemplary so far. No stuttering or swap thrashing
> under the time-honoured UT2004 test, even with some phat desktop apps
> sitting in memory.
>
> I'm still running on 2.6.9-ck1 for now. Is there anything else you want
> me to try?
Not really - just make sure to really give it a good beating so
you can be sure the problem isn't happening.
> Presumably VM scanning work is ongoing for 2.6.10?
Unfortunately yes. It is really just a few little niggles rather
than anything fundamental, but they're quite annoying :(
> I might
> give -rc1 a spin, just for fun....
>
It would be a good idea to give -rc1 a spin (with, and without the
patch).
Thanks,
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-24 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-22 22:46 2.6.9-ck1: swap mayhem under UT2004 Alastair Stevens
2004-10-23 0:03 ` Con Kolivas
2004-10-23 2:52 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-23 5:34 ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-23 5:38 ` Con Kolivas
2004-10-23 6:00 ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-23 16:22 ` Alastair Stevens
2004-10-24 2:59 ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-24 10:38 ` Alastair Stevens
2004-10-24 12:28 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2004-10-25 16:31 ` misty-
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