---


diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~mem_scal mm/vmscan.c
--- linux-2.6.17.3/mm/vmscan.c~mem_scal	2006-07-05 06:23:59.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17.3-root/mm/vmscan.c	2006-07-05 06:24:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned 
 		 * A 100% value of vm_swappiness overrides this algorithm
 		 * altogether.
 		 */
-		swap_tendency = mapped_ratio / 2 + distress + vm_swappiness;
+		swap_tendency = mapped_ratio / 2 + distress + (vm_swappiness * nr_swap_pages)/32;
 
 		/*
 		 * Now use this metric to decide whether to start moving mapped
_