On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:
> 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?
This is already the case. These lines only make sure that on every machine
there are at least 48 pages, even if you have only 8MB.
> Regards,
>
> Y.
Hubert mantel@suse.de