Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:46:14 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: VM worse in 2.2.0-pre5/6 than in 2.1.132 |
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> The 2.2.0-pre* buffer cache is worse than the 2.1.132 implementation. > > Doing a mke2fs on a 12G device, buffer cache eats up my main memory without > recognizing buffer_mem.max_percent as it did before. > > The system (2*PII/350, 256M) is absolutly not interactive for at least a minute > friendly swaping at that time.
The problem is not the removal of the max limits for the buffers but the try_to_free_pages() implementation. My try_to_free_pages() should work better for you.
Andrea Arcangeli
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