Bug 137984 - (VM)Kernel prefers swapping instead of releasing cache memory
Summary: (VM)Kernel prefers swapping instead of releasing cache memory
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Larry Woodman
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-11-03 16:33 UTC by William
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-11-03 21:19:59 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:550 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 4 2004-12-20 05:00:00 UTC

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
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