Re: death by swapping (was Re: Limits in the kernel)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:18:10 +0100 (BST)


> c011bb8c T shrink_mmap
> c011bdf4 T page_unuse
> c011beb0 T update_vm_cache
> c011bfb0 t try_to_read_ahead
>

> I reported this earlier, under the subject "2.1.105 programs freeze,
> kernel continues to respond" and no one had any remarks about it.

Actually someone posted a possible patch fix for it in reply to your
message and I archived it. Its also on the "things that have to be fixed
for 2.2 list"

The 2.1.x case is a quite simple "Oh whoops, need to fix that" situation

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