linux-kernel - Re: la la la la ... swappiness

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Date:	Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:57:56 -0300
From:	"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
To:	Aucoin@...ston.RR.com
cc:	"'Tim Schmielau'" <tim@...sik3.uni-rostock.de>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...l.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clameter@....com
Subject: Re: la la la la ... swappiness 

Aucoin <Aucoin@...ston.RR.com> wrote:
> We want it to swap less for this particular operation because it is low
> priority compared to the rest of what's going on inside the box.

The swapping is not a "operation" thing, it is global for /all/ what is
going on in the box. And having it swap less means assigning it more RAM,
i.e., giving it higher (not lower) priority than other stuff happening at
the same time.

I guess I don't understand what your needs are (not what you want to do to
get there).
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