From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <413D8FB2.1060705@cyberone.com.au> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:38:42 +1000 From: Nick Piggin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: swapping and the value of /proc/sys/vm/swappiness References: <413CB661.6030303@sgi.com> <20040906162740.54a5d6c9.akpm@osdl.org> <20040907000304.GA8083@logos.cnet> In-Reply-To: <20040907000304.GA8083@logos.cnet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Con Kolivas , Andrew Morton , raybry@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, riel@redhat.com, mbligh@aracnet.com List-ID: Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >Hi kernel fellows, > >I volunteer. I'll try something tomorrow to compare swappiness of older kernels like >2.6.5 and 2.6.6, which were fine on SGI's Altix tests, up to current newer kernels >(on small memory boxes of course). > Hi Marcelo, Just a suggestion - I'd look at the thrashing control patch first. I bet that's the cause. -- 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