From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <40CFB99A.8080508@yahoo.com.au> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:08:10 +1000 From: Nick Piggin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: mmap() > phys mem problem References: <40CE6ADE.4040903@yahoo.com.au> In-Reply-To: <40CE6ADE.4040903@yahoo.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Ron Maeder Cc: riel@surriel.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Nick Piggin wrote: > Ron Maeder wrote: > >> I tried upping /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes to 4096 as suggested >> below, with the same results (grinding to a halt, out of mem). >> >> Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help. >> > > Hmm. Maybe ask linux-net and/or the NFS guys? > > You need to know the maximum amount of memory that your setup > might need in order to write out one page. > > There might also be ways to reduce this, like reducing NFS > transfer sizes or network buffers... I dunno. > Actually no, I don't think that will help. I have an idea that might help. Stay tuned :) For the time being, would it be at all possible to work around it using your msync hack, turning swap on, or doing read/write IO? -- 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