Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:42:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:42:19 -0400 Received: from quattro-eth.sventech.com ([205.252.89.20]:51470 "EHLO quattro.sventech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:42:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:45:21 -0400 From: Johannes Erdfelt To: Mark Hahn Cc: andrea@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.19rc2aa1 VM too aggressive? Message-ID: <20020719174521.F28941@sventech.com> References: <20020719170359.E28941@sventech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca on Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 05:24:36PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3081 Lines: 49 On Fri, Jul 19, 2002, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > > procs memory swap io system cpu > > > > r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id > > > > 3 0 0 106036 502288 10812 67236 0 0 0 0 802 494 46 37 17 > > > > 5 0 2 106032 476188 10844 91496 0 0 4 316 905 573 54 37 8 > > > > 16 0 2 106032 355400 10844 203880 0 0 4 0 909 540 51 49 0 > > > > 10 0 2 106024 340108 10852 221548 0 0 28 0 975 659 36 64 0 > > > > 0 0 0 106024 528340 10852 43572 0 0 4 0 569 426 17 17 67 > > > > 0 1 0 106024 531304 10852 43612 0 0 4 0 542 342 9 14 77 > .. > > What's really odd in the vmstat output is the fact that there is no disk > > I/O that follows these wild swings. Where is this cache memory coming > > from? Or is the accounting just wrong? > > you're right, the jump up makes no sense. if fork was increasing cached-page > counters even for cloned pages, that might explain it (and be a bug). procs memory swap io system cpu r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id 12 0 1 151664 365212 11216 201528 12 0 96 0 747 557 37 62 1 7 0 1 151540 425468 11216 146308 0 0 0 0 904 620 45 55 0 0 0 0 151540 540884 11216 37828 0 0 8 0 593 376 12 32 57 2 0 0 151528 533160 11240 44264 0 0 0 284 511 379 14 20 66 0 0 0 151496 540380 11240 37860 8 0 36 0 555 406 16 11 73 0 0 0 151496 540296 11240 37928 0 0 60 0 438 341 19 45 36 0 0 0 151464 540124 11244 37996 0 0 64 0 408 296 9 2 89 3 0 0 151456 503868 11252 71840 0 0 52 0 630 434 29 32 39 15 0 1 151344 416060 11284 151764 8 0 32 296 854 568 50 47 2 19 0 1 151296 335576 11284 226012 0 0 0 0 830 584 49 51 0 20 0 1 151208 286524 11284 268620 0 0 0 0 980 593 60 40 0 10 0 1 150652 451832 11324 119612 16 0 268 272 4815 3162 39 61 0 13 0 4 149660 475196 11348 93836 28 0 68 292 1178 889 51 39 10 15 0 1 149252 105568 11412 447892 116 0 648 284 5491 3849 40 60 0 6 0 0 149252 536052 11424 39132 0 0 56 0 700 527 15 80 5 5 0 1 149072 487304 11436 84188 8 0 108 0 966 648 47 52 1 3 0 0 148984 485116 11440 87760 32 0 100 0 749 512 39 61 0 0 0 0 148932 536436 11468 39324 0 0 24 304 593 385 19 13 68 It's constantly happening too. Like every couple of minutes. Andrea, any idea what the cause of these fluctuations are? JE - 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/