Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:48:05 +0100 | From | Martin Knoblauch <> | Subject | Re: Fixing the vm or merging rmap into the official tree? |
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> Fixing the vm or merging rmap into the official tree? > > From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (roy@karlsbakk.net) > Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 04:55:39 EST > > > Hi all > > After weeks of testing, knocking my head against all sorts of objects, > trying out other potential OSes etc. etc. ad. infinitum, I got the hint of > using the rmap patch to fix my problems with reading multiple large files > at once (see prevois thread with subject "[BUG] Error reading multiple > large files"). > > Will this problem be addressed in 2.4 or perhaps 2.[56] ? > > My testing shows that the current vm can't handle high/non-standards load > efficiently. Isn't this something that clearly should be addressed? >
Just my 2 EURO-ct on this. The VM in 2.4.x mainline is definitely broken for a lot of loads, especially under high memory stress. This needs to be adressed and fixed ASAP. An I think most people here agree.
Now, the question is what is the correct fix. There is Andreas´s stuff, which fixes some scenarios. There is Rick's stuff which fixes others. There is even the small few liner patch to vmscan.c by M.v.Leuwen, which fixes/reduces the swapout problem for *my* situation.
But frankly speaking, I personally don't care which solution goes in, but it should be done quick. Patching up mainline every time just to get decent VM behaviour is unacceptable for serious use.
> roy > > -- > Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA ------------------------^^^^^^^^^^
poor guy :-)
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