Re: some 2.4.17 vs. 2.4.17-rmap8 vs. lowmem analysis

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:45:13 -0200 (BRST)

On 26 Dec 2001, safemode wrote:

> Ok, ran the same test again this time limiting ram to 32MB to really
> work the vm. Unfortunately 2.4.17-rmap8 couldn't handle the vm load and
> locked up during a swapin. So obviously there is no real data on it.

Yes, the rmap patch still has a known livelock. I haven't
quite tracked it down yet, but am looking into it whenever
I have the time.

regards,

Rik

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