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From: Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au>
To: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
Cc: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] No Swap. Re: [BUG 2.6.90-test5] kernel shits itself with 48mb ram under moderate load
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:02:28 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F77BCE4.2010601@cyberone.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030927202548.GB31080@k3.hellgate.ch>



Roger Luethi wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 13:13:47 -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>
>>>   As I see there is not that much edge case testing going around.
>>>
>>It's known what has to be done for it. AFAICT upstream doesn't like
>>the answers and just says "throw hardware at it". I've written it off
>>as a lost cause, though I was at one time interested.
>>
>
>Well, _I_ don't know that. What are the answers? And while we're at it,
>what's the problem, exactly?
>
>

This particular problem was fixed nicely by getting the kernel to enable
swap, so I don't think its that bad of a problem.

Anyway, I think answers involve sizing data structures more effectively
on small memory boxes, more VM smarts in overload situations, and
probably most important for desktop use: light weight and unbloated
user level environment.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-29  5:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <ArQ0.821.23@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <ArQ0.821.25@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <ArQ0.821.21@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <ArZC.8f1.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-09-27 19:59       ` [OT] No Swap. Re: [BUG 2.6.90-test5] kernel shits itself with 48mb ram under moderate load Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-09-27 20:13         ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-09-27 20:25           ` Roger Luethi
2003-09-29  5:02             ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2003-09-29  5:08               ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-09-27 20:21         ` Roger Luethi
2003-09-28 13:06           ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-09-28 15:52             ` Mikulas Patocka
2003-09-28 17:21               ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-09-28 17:31                 ` Mikulas Patocka
2003-09-28 17:54                   ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-09-28 18:04                     ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-09-28 17:33                 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-09-28 17:57                   ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
     [not found] <Apl1.4ur.9@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <Ar3B.6UW.21@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-09-27 18:13   ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
2003-09-27 18:27     ` Roger Luethi

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