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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Shantanu Goel <sgoel01@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [VM PATCH 2.6.8-rc1] Prevent excessive scanning of lower zone
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Shantanu Goel <sgoel01@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I emailed this a few weeks back to the list but it
> seems to have gotten lost...

It came through.  I was unable to reproduce the disproportional scanning
rate on almost exactly the same setup, so I parked the problem for a while.

I do agree with the analysis though.  The problem _could_ occur.  I dunno
why it happens for you and not for me...