Re: Ideas for memory management hackers.

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

> 
> I have integrated mmap aging in kswapd, without the need for
> vhand, in 2.1.71 (experimental). As ppp isn't working in 2.1.71
> I'm back to 2.1.66 now, but I have seen kswapd use over 10% of
> CPU for short times now :(

Q: if ageing is now a separate part the CPU usage of freeing a page
   in kswapd and __get_free_pages should drop, shouldn't it?

> I think I'll send it to Linus (together with Zlatko's
> big-order hack) as a bug-fix (we're on feature-freeze after all:)
> for inclusion in 2.1.72...
> 
> opinions please,

Q2: Is the patch available (ftp/http) for testing/reading?


        Werner