From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:25:31 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.8.1: swap storm of death - nr_requests > 1024 on swap partition Message-ID: <20040831172531.GA18184@logos.cnet> References: <20040829141718.GD10955@suse.de> <200408311950.09641.karl.vogel@seagha.com> <20040831165250.GD11149@logos.cnet> <200408312024.32158.karl.vogel@seagha.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408312024.32158.karl.vogel@seagha.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Karl Vogel Cc: Andrew Morton , karl.vogel@pandora.be, axboe@suse.de, wli@holomorphy.com, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 08:24:31PM +0200, Karl Vogel wrote: > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 18:52, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > Is there a concept of a minimum working set size of an application? (kind > > > of the reverse of an RSS limit) > > > > Not really. A hungry memory app can starve the rest of the system. > > I noticed that a few times on our spamassassin box :-) > > > One thing: what kernel version are you using? > > 2.6.9-rc1-bk3 Can you try the same tests with 2.6.8.1 and check the difference, pretty please? > > I've seen extreme decreases in performance (interactivity) with hungry > > memory apps with Rik's swap token code. > > Decrease?! Yep, its odd. Rik knows the exact reason. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org