Swapin_readahead can read in a lot of data that the processes in memory never need. Adding swap cache pages to the inactive list prevents them from putting too much pressure on the working set. This has the potential to help the programs that are already in memory, but it could also be a disadvantage to processes that are trying to get swapped in. In short, this patch needs testing. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel Index: linux-2.6.25-rc3-mm1/mm/swap_state.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.25-rc3-mm1.orig/mm/swap_state.c 2008-03-04 15:30:20.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.25-rc3-mm1/mm/swap_state.c 2008-03-04 15:46:42.000000000 -0500 @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ struct page *read_swap_cache_async(swp_e /* * Initiate read into locked page and return. */ - lru_cache_add_active_anon(new_page); + lru_cache_add_anon(new_page); swap_readpage(NULL, new_page); return new_page; } -- All Rights Reversed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/