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List:       linux-mm
Subject:    Re: Kernel 2.6.8.1: swap storm of death - nr_requests > 1024 on swap partition
From:       Jens Axboe <axboe () suse ! de>
Date:       2004-08-29 16:54:59
Message-ID: 20040829165458.GD11219 () suse ! de
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On Sat, Aug 28 2004, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> >> I was under the impression this had something to do with IO
> >> schedulers.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 03:13:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Separate issue.
> 
> It certainly appears to be the deciding factor from the thread.

Has nothing to do with the io scheduler itself, apart from the fact that
CFQ exposes the problem by setting a larger q->nr_requests. And that is
the very deciding factor, not the io scheduler.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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