Re: kern/54818: 9.0_RC1 pagedaemon spins

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

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From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/54818: 9.0_RC1 pagedaemon spins
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 12:05:48 -0000 (UTC)

 he%uninett.no@localhost (Havard Eidnes) writes:
 
 > >  	http://www.netbsd.org/~ad/2020/uvm-9.diff
 > 
 > I've manually applied this diff to my 8.1_RC1 src tree, and the
 > build succeeded.  Any predictions whether this has any chance of
 > improving the situation?
 
 I'd say no. If there is (enough) free memory the pagedaemon should
 only be running if there is a kernel VA shortage and the diff doesn't
 influence that.
 
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