Here is an updated swap prefetching patch, also available here: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/swap-prefetch/ Changes to this version: -Apply a 5% limit to the amount of ram used to store the swapped list. -Stop prefetching if more than 2/3 of the ram is filled with mapped pages to allow some breathing room for the page cache -Optimise for cheaper locking -Implement a very light weight page allocation function that calls buffered_rmqueue directly since we don't want page reclaim to occur, and don't need to aggressively try and find a free page. Cheers, Con