Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > pull it all right back in again. It continues through the entire > > build with the cost seen in the time numbers. (the ac20.virgin run > > was worse by 30 secs than average, but that doesn't matter much) > > Using my reference interactive test (An

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen C. Tweedie
Hi, On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:36:48AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > > > There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really > > ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space > > or an inactive page

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Alan Cox
> pull it all right back in again. It continues through the entire > build with the cost seen in the time numbers. (the ac20.virgin run > was worse by 30 secs than average, but that doesn't matter much) Using my reference interactive test (An application which renders 3D graphics and

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > Hi, > > There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really > ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space > or an inactive page shortfall; but right now we only keep going if > _both_ are short. > > Diff

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really > ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space > or an inactive page shortfall; but right now we only keep going if > _both_ are short. Hmm.. The comment

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space or an inactive page shortfall; but right now we only keep going if _both_ are short. Hmm.. The comment

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: Hi, There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space or an inactive page shortfall; but right now we only keep going if _both_ are short. Diff below. With

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Alan Cox
pull it all right back in again. It continues through the entire build with the cost seen in the time numbers. (the ac20.virgin run was worse by 30 secs than average, but that doesn't matter much) Using my reference interactive test (An application which renders 3D graphics and generates

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Stephen C. Tweedie
Hi, On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 09:36:48AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: There is what appears to be a simple thinko in kswapd. We really ought to keep kswapd running as long as there is either a free space or an inactive page shortfall; but

Re: Thinko in kswapd?

2001-03-22 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote: pull it all right back in again. It continues through the entire build with the cost seen in the time numbers. (the ac20.virgin run was worse by 30 secs than average, but that doesn't matter much) Using my reference interactive test (An application