Re: oom-killer 2.6.8.1

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 16:05, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> Index: oom-2.6.8-rc1/mm/vmscan.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- oom-2.6.8-rc1.orig/mm/vmscan.c	2004-07-14 06:17:13.876343912 -0700
>> +++ oom-2.6.8-rc1/mm/vmscan.c	2004-07-14 06:22:15.986416200 -0700
>> @@ -417,7 +417,8 @@
>>  				goto keep_locked;
>>  			if (!may_enter_fs)
>>  				goto keep_locked;
>> -			if (laptop_mode && !sc->may_writepage)
>> +			if (laptop_mode && !sc->may_writepage &&
>> +							!PageSwapCache(page))
>>  				goto keep_locked;
>>
>>  			/* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 04:24:24PM +0200, Anders Saaby wrote:
> laptop_mode is not set on this server <- :-)
> - So I guess this is not relevant for my setup?

Probably not. Please try to collect /proc/slabinfo snapshots while the
system is still functional as it degrades.


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