Re: ~500 megs cached yet 2.6.5 goes into swap hell

[Jeff Garzik]

Wakko Warner wrote:
> This is just my oppinion.  I personally feel that cache should use available
> memory, not already used memory (swapping apps out for more cache).


Strongly agreed, though there are pathological cases that prevent this 
from being something that's easy to implement on a global basis.

	Jeff



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