Re: 2.6.28-rc8 big regression in VM

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Sun Dec 14 2008 - 21:05:39 EST


Hi Lukas

(cc to linux-mm)

> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:58:15AM +0200, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:21:15AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > > I cannot reproduce it on 2.6.28-rc7, compiling 2.6.28-rc8...
> > >
> > > # free; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; free
> > > total used free shared buffers cached
> > > Mem: 1940 109 1831 0 0 42
> > > -/+ buffers/cache: 66 1873
> > > Swap: 0 0 0
> > > total used free shared buffers cached
> > > Mem: 1940 62 1877 0 0 7
> > > -/+ buffers/cache: 55 1884
> > > Swap: 0 0 0
> > >
> > > > once the whole memory is eaten by the cache, the system is pretty unusable.
> > >
> > > What's your kconfig?
> >
> > attached.

I also don't reproduce your problem.
Could you get output of "cat /proc/meminfo", not only free command?



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