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Re: filecache/swapcache questions [RFC] [RFT] [PATCH] kanoj-mm12-2.3.8
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:51:03 -0700 (PDT), kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com (Kanoj Sarcar) said:
>
> >> or perhaps the kernel could start more than one kswapd (one per swap
> >> partition?). with my patch, regular processes never wait for swap out
> >> I/O, only kswapd does.
>
> This is a mistake: such blocking is one of the prime ways in which we
> can limit the rate at which processes can consume memory.
whoops. i'm sorry, i mis-typed. i meant that regular processes never
*dispatch* I/O. neither kswapd nor regular processes will wait.
- Chuck Lever
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