Mike Fedyk wrote:

> Nick Piggin wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Nick Piggin wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Actually I think the previous shrink_slab formula factors
>>> out to the right thing anyway, so nevermind this patch :P
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Although, nr_used_zone_pages probably shouldn't be counting
>> highmem zones, which might be our problem.
>
>
> What is the kernel parameter to disable highmem?  I saw nohighio, but 
> that's not it...
>

Not sure. That defeats the purpose of trying to get your setup
working nicely though ;)

Can you upgrade to 2.6.3-mm2? It would be ideal if you could
test this patch against that kernel due to the other VM changes.

Chris, could you test this too please? Thanks.