linux-kernel - swapping in 2.6.24-rc5-git3

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:17:26 +0100
From:	Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: swapping in 2.6.24-rc5-git3

Hello,

does /proc/sys/vm/swappiness still work as expected? 
# /proc/sys/vm# cat swappiness 
0

but scp-ing 2GB file causes many processes are swapped out due to increase of
the file cache size. Why? This is totally catastrophic behaviour on the desktop.

Is there a way to avoid it except turning off the swap?

-- 
Lukáš Hejtmánek
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