Re: [PATCH] vm-fix-all_zones_ok (was Re: 2.6.3-mm3)

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 23:19:04 EST




Chris Wedgwood wrote:

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:59:48AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:


We've never clearly defined whether pages_high == free_pages means
the zone is under limits. According to __alloc_pages() it means
that the zone is not under limits, so you've fixed two bugs there.


FWIW 2.6.3-mm3 with the above fix right now seems to behave much
better in my non-contrived cases than previous kernels I've tested
with.


Out of interest, what is the worst you can make it do with
contrived cases?

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