Re: /proc/sys/vm/swapout_interval is useless

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:02:06 +0100 (MET)


On 16 Mar 1998, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> It is impossible to finetune swapout_interval using
> /proc/sys/vm/swapout_interval because any value written to it is
> multiplied by HZ, and the only usefull values are smaller than HZ. But
> proc interface for sysctl cannot cope with fractional values. The only
> chance to change the value of swapout_interval is to use the sysctl
> syscall, which uses the raw number.

I'll take a look into it...

Rik.
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