linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28-rc8 big regression in VM

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Date:	Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:58:15 +0100
From:	Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc8 big regression in VM

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:21:15AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> I cannot reproduce it on 2.6.28-rc7, compiling 2.6.28-rc8...
> 
> # free; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:          1940        109       1831          0          0         42
> -/+ buffers/cache:         66       1873
> Swap:            0          0          0
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:          1940         62       1877          0          0          7
> -/+ buffers/cache:         55       1884
> Swap:            0          0          0
> 
> > once the whole memory is eaten by the cache, the system is pretty unusable.
> 
> What's your kconfig?

attached.

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Lukáš Hejtmánek

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