> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> >
> > > > limit the runtime of refill_inactive_scan(). This is similar to Rik's
> > > > reclaim-limit+aging-tuning patch to linux-mm yesterday. could you try
> > > > Rik's patch with your patch except this jiffies hack, does it still
> > > > achieve the same improvement?
> > >
> > > No. It livelocked on me with almost all active pages exausted.
> >
> > Misspoke.. I didn't try the two mixed. Rik's patch livelocked me.
>
> Interesting. The semantics of my patch are practically the same as
> those of the stock kernel ... can you get the stock kernel to
> livelock on you, too ?
Generally no. Let kswapd continue to run? Yes, but not always.
-Mike
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