Comments for these tests:
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-38/0777.html
System is an IBM ThinkPad 390E, mem=192 MB
Basic order of ops is:
- fill inode and dentry caches with slocate
[prefill slab cache]
- load gmix and xmms, stream mp3 audio
[streaming load]
- create 2560^2 image in gimp
[creation of lots of anonymous pages]
- load staroffice 5.2
[i/o cache strain, large working set demanded]
- load emacs, gmc, suite of gnome apps, IRAF + default image, SAOIMAGE,
mozilla, gqview, xv, gv, xpdf, etc... [start swapping moderately]
- rotate that gimp image 90 degrees
[check aging of older pages by calling anon pages back into use]
- close all apps in roughly lifo order
[test aging of pages, look at needed swapin]
Rationale for this test strategy:
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0109.3/0033.html