From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:06:00 -0400 From: Rik van Riel Subject: [RFC PATCH 10/10] add swapped in pages to the inactive list Message-ID: <20071103190600.4b47c9c0@bree.surriel.com> In-Reply-To: <20071103184229.3f20e2f0@bree.surriel.com> References: <20071103184229.3f20e2f0@bree.surriel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Swapin_readahead can read in a lot of data that the processes in memory never need. Adding swap cache pages to the inactive list prevents them from putting too much pressure on the working set. This has the potential to help the programs that are already in memory, but it could also be a disadvantage to processes that are trying to get swapped in. In short, this patch needs testing. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel Index: linux-2.6.23-mm1/mm/swap_state.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-mm1.orig/mm/swap_state.c +++ linux-2.6.23-mm1/mm/swap_state.c @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e /* * Initiate read into locked page and return. */ - lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page); + lru_cache_add_anon(new_page); swap_readpage(NULL, new_page); return new_page; } -- 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: email@kvack.org