Index: linux-2.6.14-ck1/mm/page-writeback.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-ck1.orig/mm/page-writeback.c 2005-10-28 20:51:12.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-2.6.14-ck1/mm/page-writeback.c 2005-10-28 20:51:32.000000000 +1000 @@ -69,18 +69,18 @@ int dirty_background_ratio = 10; /* * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage */ -int vm_dirty_ratio = 40; +int vm_dirty_ratio = 33; /* * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks, in centiseconds * (hundredths of a second) */ -int dirty_writeback_centisecs = 5 * 100; +int dirty_writeback_centisecs = 3 * 100; /* * The longest number of centiseconds for which data is allowed to remain dirty */ -int dirty_expire_centisecs = 30 * 100; +int dirty_expire_centisecs = 15 * 100; /* * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.