Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261391AbVEDTMt (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:12:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261389AbVEDTMs (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:12:48 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.206]:7454 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261394AbVEDTMb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 15:12:31 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DeNSZOUeVIuaBTRf0NAZs9/94sDnAk1XIQjl9Z5Dehev0z0/TZImTgIZDtqLxMEIHJiEF0VpewJRna4va/27pNe3yxcgZwyPDzwZkjt3MdusZh1P9MRa8us4xOU2W+JLWmX4haQXx7wHyM0gVIPqv8F7jjEGp2FXqyFlq2967xg= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 20:12:29 +0100 From: Cameron Harris Reply-To: Cameron Harris To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc3-mm2 - kswapd0 keeps running In-Reply-To: <200505011707.35461.damir.perisa@solnet.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050430164303.6538f47c.akpm@osdl.org> <200505011707.35461.damir.perisa@solnet.ch> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1303 Lines: 36 On 5/1/05, Damir Perisa wrote: > i updated from rc2-mm3 to rc3-mm2 and now i observe something strange: > the cpu is running all the time at 100% because of the kswapd0 that is > running always and not becomming idle. > > after having the computer running for about one hour, top says this about > kswapd0: > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 155 root 25 0 0 0 0 R 89.6 0.0 38:56.06 kswapd0 > > the config file you can find here: > http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/kernels/kernel26mm/config?rev=1.18&cvsroot=Extra > > regards, > > Damir Perisa > > -- > A thing worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody else to do it. > > > I can sort of confirm this, except on a different kernel version. This kswapd0 taking 100% cpu is on my 2.6.12-rc2-mm3 compiled with cachefs. Next time I boot into it I can check my sysrq-P and see if cachefs is causing it on mine... It tends to be after something has heavily used my hard drive. -- Cameron Harris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/