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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:36:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: pre2 swap_out() changes
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> As usual, the patch. (it also changes some other things which we discussed
> previously)

Have you tested with big VM's where the memory pressure is due to the VM?

We definitely need a feedback loop to dampen big-VM-footprint stuff. I
hate what you did to "swap_out()" - you removed the dampener, and you also
made it care about mm_users which I find totally non-intuitive.

		Linus

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