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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>
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Subject: Re: Background scanning change on 2.4.6-pre1
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 "from Marcelo Tosatti at Jun 7, 2001 03:50:31 pm"
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:09:15 -0600 (MDT)
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Marcello writes:
> Who did this change to refill_inactive_scan() in 2.4.6-pre1 ? 
> 
>         /*
>          * When we are background aging, we try to increase the page aging
>          * information in the system.
>          */
>         if (!target)
>                 maxscan = nr_active_pages >> 4;

A quick check in the l-k archives shows this was Zlatko Calusic
<zlatko.calusic@iskon.hr> who submitted the patch.  See

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99151955000988&w=4

Cheers, Andreas
-- 
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                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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