2.2.14 feels slow and non-interactive.

[Rik van Riel]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> >2.2.15pre4 includes my second chance page replacement trick,
> 
> kswapd still 1-sec poll and that make no sense.

It makes perfect sense. Under light VM load you want
processes to be able to take the fast-path and grab
the memory they need.

> You are also forbidding GFP_KERNEL allocations to succeed during
> oom and that make no sense as well. In 2.2.15pre4 GFP_KERNEL and
> GFP_USER become the same thing.

Please answer this question:

	Why are there both a __GFP_MED *and* a __GFP_HIGH?

If you cannot answer this question, then please stop
repeating your groundless claim over and over again.

> >this should reduce the number of page faults a bit and make
> 
> Your changes have _nothing_ to do with page faults.

Yes they have. As I and a lot of other people have observed
the system runs a lot smoother with the changes integrated.
Please try it before you dismiss it.

regards,

Rik
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