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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:52:39 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: la la la la ... swappiness
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:02:56 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

> But otoh, it's a very common scenario, and nobody has observed it before. 
> For example:
> 
> akpm2:/home/akpm# echo 4000 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages 
> 
> Free memory on this box instantly fell from 7G down to ~250MB.  It's now
> happily chuggling its way through a `dbench 512' run.

FS(small)VO "happily".  It's running like a complete dog (but I guess
dbench 512 in 256M is a bit mean).  But it's still running!

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