Re: 2.1.92 swap roach motel :)

Garst R. Reese (reese@isn.net)
Sat, 04 Apr 1998 18:54:39 -0400


Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Garst R. Reese wrote:
>
> > Started procinfo-.13 on one vt.
> > then word2x -f latex apmv11.doc on another.
> > 20Mb ram 40Mb swap.
> > swap climbed to 32Mb, free to ~13Mb, used dropped to ~4Mb
> > swap checks in but doesn't check out. Ctrl C killed the prog and
> > everything gradually recovered gracefully.
> > Stock 2.1.92 + Rik's small vmscan.c patch for lo mem machines +
>
> I'm currently using 2.1.92 without any 'personal refinements'
> and it's running without problems.
> How's 2.1.92 _without_ my patch? (maybe swap_tick() is
> starting kswapd too often with my patch enabled???)
OK, patch removed. Used and swap went to the limit. I think it is just a
buggy app. When somebody sends me a smaller .doc file, I'll try it
again. Don't have word myself.
-- 
Garst

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