Re: [PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:34:27 +0900, Hiroyuki Kamezawa <kamezawa.hiroyuki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmm, then, can't we add a sysctl template config/script for generic
> sysctl values ?
>
That is one idea. Unfortunately, then we have something of a dependency
on out of tree userspace utilities.

> Adding this kind of CONFIG one by one seems not very helpful...
> 
This was definitely a concern of mine as well. In principle, a
distribution might want to tune any of the knobs in /proc/sys, so I
agree that adding them to Kconfig is a bit of a poor path to go down.
That being said, swappiness is an especially important tunable.

- Ben

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>


[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [ECOS]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]