Re: Linux 2.4.0-test1-ac21

From: Mike Galbraith (mikeg@weiden.de)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2000 - 21:52:12 EST


On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > 2.4.0-test1-ac21
> > o Fix the big vm slowdown (Mike Galbraith)

That should say Roger Larsonn.. I only tested/confirmed.

> Under some circumstances this "fix" might break VM performance
> of machines with multiple memory zones. Then again, while it
> may lead us to free too much memory, it could have a positive
> effect on page replacement... (??)
>
> Juan Quintela and Roger Larson have an alternative to this
> small patch in the pipeline. If the above "fix" breaks for
> too many people, we should most likely change to their
> version.

Is it available somewhere for testing?

        -Mike

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