On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 08:04:54AM +0200, bodie wrote:
>
> Setting swappiness to 0 helps more, but then why is that parameter here
> at all?
> Why Linux is swapping most used pages even as there's plenty of free
> RAM and cache is
> total mystery.
>
because it is doing exactly what you asked it to do. This isn't a linux
list so I won't bother explaining why but it just goes to show if you
play with things you don't understand you can end up shooting yourself
in the foot and then amplify the effect by telling everyone.
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Brett Lymn
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