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

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Message-ID: <20081225105850.GF4414@ics.muni.cz>
Date:	Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:58:50 +0100
From:	Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc8 big regression in VM

On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 06:50:01PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Did the undroppable memory keep growing?

unfotunatley not any more.
 
> If not, we could take it as a feature instead of bug: the memory
> mapped pages are being protected from being freed.  It's not a
> regression either: the feature was there before 2.6.27.
> 
> But sure we change that if it's not the desirable behavior.

so I think the issue can be closed for now. I will reopen if I discover
something.

-- 
Lukáš Hejtmánek
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