On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, David S. Miller wrote:
> Yes this is known, quick easy fix for this is to increase magic
> constant in free_area_init() initial comparison to 48, like so:
>
> /*
> * select nr of pages we try to keep free for important stuff
> * with a minimum of 48 pages. This is totally arbitrary
> */
> i = (end_mem - PAGE_OFFSET) >> (PAGE_SHIFT+7);
> if (i < 48)
> i = 48;
>
> This is what Linus and myself have in our trees.
>
Would it be a good idea to set this number based on physical memory
size or at least have it as a kernel config option?
Regards,
Y.