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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness
On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 08:52:30AM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:43:22 -0400, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 02:08:28PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
> > > This will allow distributions to tune this important vm parameter in a more
> > > self-contained manner.
> >
> > What's wrong with sticking
> >
> > vm.swappiness = <your value>
> >
> > into the shipped /etc/sysctl.conf?
>
> Ubuntu ships different kernels for desktop and server usage. From a
> packaging standpoint it would be much nicer to have this set in the
> kernel configuration. If we were to throw the setting /etc/sysctl.conf
> the kernel would depend upon the package containing sysctl(8)
> (procps). We'd rather avoid this and keep the default kernel
> configuration in one place.

Fair point. Feel free to add my

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>


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