Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac10

[Mike Galbraith]

On Sun, 20 May 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>
> > @@ -1054,7 +1033,7 @@
> >  				if (!zone->size)
> >  					continue;
> >
> > -				while (zone->free_pages < zone->pages_low) {
> > +				while (zone->free_pages < zone->inactive_clean_pages) {
> >  					struct page * page;
> >  					page = reclaim_page(zone);
> >  					if (!page)
>
>
> What you're trying to do with this change ?

Just ensuring that I never had a large supply of cleaned pages laying
around at a time when folks are in distress.  It also ensures that you
never donate your last reclaimable pages, but that wasn't the intent.

It was a stray though that happened to produce measurable improvement.

	-Mike