Re: [RFC][PATCH] Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac10

[Mike Galbraith]

On Sun, 20 May 2001, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>
> > @@ -1054,7 +1033,7 @@
> >                             if (!zone->size)
> >                                     continue;
> >
> > -                           while (zone->free_pages < zone->pages_low) {
> > +                           while (zone->free_pages < zone->inactive_clean_pages) {
> >                                     struct page * page;
> >                                     page = reclaim_page(zone);
> >                                     if (!page)
>
>
> What you're trying to do with this change ?

Just ensuring that I never had a large supply of cleaned pages laying
around at a time when folks are in distress.  It also ensures that you
never donate your last reclaimable pages, but that wasn't the intent.

It was a stray though that happened to produce measurable improvement.

        -Mike

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