Mark Post wrote:
Yes, it will hurt your Linux system's performance, while not doing anything useful. Just because Linux no longer treats those pages as being used doesn't mean z/VM sees them as free. If you want to make sure Linux "doesn't eat up any more memory than it needs to" then shrink the size of the guest. (Or the LPAR if you're unfortunate enough to not have z/VM.)
Does that still hold true when using CMMA ? --Ivan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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