On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 05:43:14 -0700 Dave Czajkowski wrote: > Is there a way to disable or limit the amount of SwapCache? I > understand it's function, but the double allocation of these pages is > causing my low memory alerts to trip.
This would imply to me that your triggers are poorly set. Would you care to expand on "the double allocation of these pages" ?. My understanding is that the swap-cache is merely a different "state" of pages in the page-cache. > I can remove the swap copy with a swapoff/swapon. Is there a more > elegant way to remove? Not that I've found. Past discussions on LKML have elicited little (no) sympathy for including controls for specific memory controls. Perhaps Allan Cox will pass by again and offer an opinion. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
