linux-kernel - RE: la la la la ... swappiness

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Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:49:12 -0600
From:	"Aucoin" <Aucoin@...ston.RR.com>
To:	"'Horst H. von Brand'" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl>
Cc:	"'Kyle Moffett'" <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	"'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



> From: Horst H. von Brand [mailto:vonbrand@....utfsm.cl]
> That means that there isn't a need for that memory at all (and so they

In the current isolated non-production, not actually bearing a load test
case yes. But if I can't get it to not swap on an idle system I have no hope
of avoiding OOM on a loaded system.

> In any case, how do you know it is the tar data that stays around, and not
> just that the number of pages "in use" stays roughly constant?

I'm not dumping the contents of memory so I don't.

> - What you are doing, step by step

Trying to deliver a high availability, linearly scalable, clustered iSCSI
storage solution that can be upgraded with minimum downtime.

> - What are your exact requirements

OOM not to kill anything.

> - In what exact way is it missbehaving. Please tell /in detail/ how you

OOM kills important stuff.


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