Re: no-swapout

[Jens Axboe]

On Mon, Jan 03 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> In 2.3.x I rewrote shrink_mmap to work with a real page-LRU and I also
> used an MM pressure algorithm linear that should behave similarly to the
> one I developed in the no-swapout patch. If the 2.3.x algorithm doesn't
> work well for you let me know. thanks!

Swap out heuristics are excellent in 2.3, but weak in 2.2. I
consistently apply you no-swapout patch in 2.2 and it helps
a lot. Last I heard Alan was still considering / testing for
2.2, so I just keep my fingers crossed :)

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