Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932223AbWEGURj (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 16:17:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932224AbWEGURj (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 16:17:39 -0400 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:34185 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932223AbWEGURi (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 May 2006 16:17:38 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 22:17:33 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: a Linux swap storm In-Reply-To: <200605071931.k47JVbs18224@apps.cwi.nl> Message-ID: References: <200605071931.k47JVbs18224@apps.cwi.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 500 Lines: 17 >% display -size 300x300 *.jpg >I wonder what precisely happened. Is this an X bug? Or a kernel bug? >The effect is reproducible. Right before it starts to swap, hit Ctrl+Z to suspend 'display' and do a `ps u`. Does it hog memory? Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/