the initial patch I've attached/tried (in #89) was crap, but now I'm successfully using this one le9h.patch (attached)
also here: https://gist.github.com/howaboutsynergy/04fd9be927835b055ac15b8b64658e85 there are similar patches from years ago made by some devs, if you follow those urls (mentioned in patch) you can see them Either way, this will prevent Active(file) to get lower than the set value, more or less. As a workaround is good enough for me. (far better than my initial attempt) ** Patch added: "keep Active(file) above certain threshold to avoid constant disk reading when memory pressure" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356/+attachment/5291340/+files/le9h.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: When DMA is disabled system freeze on high memory usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs