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

[Rik van Riel]

On Sat, 19 May 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> 
> > That's the main problem with static parameters.  The problem you are
> > trying to solve is fundamentally dynamic in most cases (which is also
> > why magic numbers tend to suck in the VM.)
> 
> Magic numbers might be sucking some performance right now ;-)

... so you replace them with some others ... ;)

> Three back to back make -j 30 runs for three different kernels.
> Swap cache numbers are taken immediately after last completion.

The performance increase is nice, though.  Do you see similar
changes in different kinds of workloads ?

> (yes, the last hunk looks out of place wrt my text.

It also looks kind of bogus and geared completely towards this
particular workload ;)

regards,

Rik
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