Hi Linus, instead of walking the whole swap bitmap, out_of_memory() might just as well check the nr_swap_pages variable which is used by __get_swap_page() ... regards, Rik -- Virtual memory is like a game you can't win; However, without VM there's truly nothing to lose... http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ Send all your spam to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (spam digging piggy) --- linux-2.4.5-pre1/mm/oom_kill.c.orig Mon May 14 01:03:33 2001 +++ linux-2.4.5-pre1/mm/oom_kill.c Mon May 14 01:06:56 2001 @@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ */ int out_of_memory(void) { - struct sysinfo swp_info; /* Enough free memory? Not OOM. */ if (nr_free_pages() > freepages.min) @@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ return 0; /* Enough swap space left? Not OOM. */ - si_swapinfo(&swp_info); - if (swp_info.freeswap > 0) + if (nr_swap_pages > 0) return 0; /* Else... */ - 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/