[patch] highmem-2.3.25-A0

Ingo Molnar (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:21:58 +0100 (CET)

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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> dirty = size_buffers_type[BUF_DIRTY] >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> - tot = nr_lru_pages + nr_free_pages + nr_free_highpages;
> + tot = nr_lru_pages + nr_free_pages - nr_free_highpages;
> hard_dirty_limit = tot * bdf_prm.b_un.nfract / 100;
> soft_dirty_limit = hard_dirty_limit >> 1;

additionally high memory pages were accounted for incorrectly in the page
allocator as well, i've attached the fixes (against final-2.3.25). It's
important to balance only 'normal memory', at least now.

Ingo

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