linux-kernel - FW: FW: [PATCH 2.6.17.3] Memory Management: High-MemoryScalabilityIssue

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Message-ID: <88299102B8C1F54BB5C8E47F30B2FBE204D8631E@inblr-exch1.eu.uis.unisys.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:35:34 +0530
From:	"Satapathy, Soumendu Sekhar" <Soumendu.Satapathy@...unisys.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: FW: FW:  [PATCH 2.6.17.3] Memory Management: High-MemoryScalabilityIssue

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Morton [mailto:akpm@...l.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:33 AM
To: Satapathy, Soumendu Sekhar
Subject: Re: FW: [PATCH 2.6.17.3] Memory Management:
High-MemoryScalabilityIssue

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:12:32 +0530
"Satapathy, Soumendu Sekhar" <Soumendu.Satapathy@...unisys.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Was it possible for you to go through this patch ?
> 

Not yet, but I haven't forgotten.

I suspect the problem has gone away now - in 2.6.19-rc1 we no longer
allow
applications to flood the machine with dirty MAP_SHARED memory.

It'd be useful if you could rerun the test on that kernel.
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