On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 11:18 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > >>> BTW, yesterday my 2.4 patches were not published, but I noticed that > >>> they were not even signed not bziped on hera. At first I simply thought > >>> it was related, but right now I have a doubt. Maybe the automatic script > >>> has been temporarily been disabled on hera too ? > >> The script that deals with the uploads also deals with the packaging - > >> so yes the problem is related. > > > > and with the finger_banner and version info on www.kernel.org page? > > Yes, they're all connected. > > The load on *both* machines were up above the 300s yesterday, probably > due to the release of a new Knoppix DVD. > > The most fundamental problem seems to be that I can't tell currnt Linux > kernels that the dcache/icache is precious, and that it's way too eager > to dump dcache and icache in favour of data blocks. If I could do that, > this problem would be much, much smaller. > > -hpa
Isn't setting the vm.vfs_cache_pressure sysctl below 100 supposed to do this? -- Nicholas Miell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
