* swapout frenzy quick-fix
@ 1998-03-09 19:54 Rik van Riel
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From: Rik van Riel @ 1998-03-09 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jasons; +Cc: linux-mm, Linus Torvalds
Hi Jason and Linus,
I made a quick-fix for the swapout frenzy occurring in
2.1.89...
It's far from perfect, but until the changes from Ben
and Stephen are merged, it'll have to do :-(
Rik.
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--- linux/mm/vmscan.c.orig Mon Mar 9 20:51:44 1998
+++ linux/mm/vmscan.c Mon Mar 9 20:51:44 1998
@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@
if (free_memory_available())
break;
+ if (nr_free_pages + atomic_read(&nr_async_pages) > free_pages_high * 4)
+ break;
gfp_mask = __GFP_IO;
try_to_free_page(gfp_mask);
/*
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