Andrew Morton wrote:
Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Oh, attached should be a minimal fix if you would like to try it out.


... --- linux-2.6/mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-minfix 2005-02-04 11:52:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6-npiggin/mm/vmscan.c 2005-02-04 11:53:32.000000000 +1100 @@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ static void shrink_cache(struct zone *zo nr_taken++; } zone->nr_inactive -= nr_taken; + zone->pages_scanned += nr_scan; spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);

                if (nr_taken == 0)



Any theories as to why these pages aren't being activated and aren't being
reclaimed?



No none yet, which is what we should get to the bottom of. I must be overlooking something, but the only ways I can see should be due to transient conditions like page locked or under writeback. laptop_mode?

Terje, what is /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode set to?


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