From linux-mm Tue Aug 31 17:50:07 2004 From: Karl Vogel Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:50:07 +0000 To: linux-mm Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.8.1: swap storm of death - nr_requests > 1024 on swap partition Message-Id: <200408311950.09641.karl.vogel () seagha ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=109397462405671 On Tuesday 31 August 2004 12:23, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:51:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > What you think of this, which tries to address your comments > > > > Suggest you pass the scan_control structure down into pageout(), stick > > `inflight' into struct scan_control and use some flag in scan_control to > > Done the scan_control modifications. Took the patch for a spin.. it seems to behave ok here! No more OOMs. Quick question: is it to be expected that when I run a calloc(500Mb) on my system, when X is up and amarok is streaming live audio, that everything (apps) freezes for a few seconds until the calloc task exits?! The apps probably get pushed out to swap, but I would think that since these applications are running, that their pages are kept on the active list?! Setting swappiness to 0 doesn't make a difference. Is there a concept of a minimum working set size of an application? (kind of the reverse of an RSS limit) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org