On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:13:50 -0500
Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Have you messed around with /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure?
>
> Unfortunately that affects all three of: dcache, icache, and mbcache.
> Maybe we could split that sysctl in two (Andrew?), so that one sysctl
> affects dcache/icache and another affects mbcache.
>
That would be simple enough to do, if someone can demonstrate a
need.
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