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From: Yoann Vandoorselaere <yoann@mandrakesoft.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: andrea@e-mind.com, Mark Hemment <markhe@veritas.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] 4GB I/O, cut three
Date: 30 May 2001 20:57:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r8x6k6kx.fsf@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105301542210.12540-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105301542210.12540-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>

Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> writes:

> On Wed, 30 May 2001 andrea@e-mind.com wrote:
> 
> > btw, I think such heuristic is horribly broken ;), the highmem zone
> > simply needs to be balanced if it is under the pages_low mark, just
> > skipping it and falling back into the normal zone that happens to be
> > above the low mark is the wrong thing to do.
> 
> 2.3.51 did this, we all know the result.

Just a note, 
I remember the 2.3.51 kernel as the most usable kernel I ever used 
talking about VM.

-- 
Yoann Vandoorselaere | C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes
MandrakeSoft         | it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole
                     | leg. - Bjarne Stroustrup

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-05-30 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-29 14:07 [patch] 4GB I/O, cut three Jens Axboe
2001-05-29 14:11 ` Jens Axboe
2001-05-30  9:43 ` Mark Hemment
2001-05-30  9:55   ` Jens Axboe
2001-05-30 10:59     ` Mark Hemment
2001-05-30 14:26       ` andrea
2001-05-30 18:42         ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-30 18:57           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-05-30 18:57           ` Yoann Vandoorselaere [this message]
2001-05-30 19:18             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-05-30 19:23               ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-30 14:00     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-05-30 14:06       ` Jens Axboe
2001-05-30 18:36     ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-30 13:03 ` Mark Hemment
2001-05-30 13:24   ` Jens Axboe
2001-05-30 13:37     ` Mark Hemment
2001-05-30 13:40       ` Jens Axboe

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