Bug 137984

Summary:	(VM)Kernel prefers swapping instead of releasing cache memory
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	William <hescominsoon>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Larry Woodman <lwoodman>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	3.0	CC:	petrides, riel
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226
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Description William 2004-11-03 16:33:02 UTC

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Description of problem:
Same behavior as noted in previous bug.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-20.EL.c0

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
I have tried the various echo statements and the system still prefers
swapping to releasing file cache.  The only positive workaround is to
disable the swap file completly.

Actual Results:  After Disabling swap the file cache will be evacuated
as processes require.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ernie Petrides 2004-11-03 21:19:59 UTC

We believe this has already been fixed in U4, which is in beta now.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 132155 ***

Comment 2 John Flanagan 2004-12-20 20:56:54 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-550.html