Message-ID: <3A391E9F.CAF42006@cheek.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:25:19 -0800
From: Joseph Cheek <joseph@cheek.com>
Organization: LinuxCare, Inc.
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To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: test12 + initrd = swapper at 99.8% CPU time
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hi,

ps axufw shows it as pid 1.

Russell King wrote:

> Joseph Cheek writes:
> > i'm using test12 to perform a clean linux install.  as soon as i get to
> > a command prompt, ps axufw shows swapper at 99.8% CPU usage.  this
> > didn't repro with test11, and doesn't repro if i don't use an initrd.
>
> What pid does this task have?  The only process that should be "swapper"
> is pid0, and pid0 should be hidden from view.
>
> If its not pid0, then I'd guess that it may be a rogue program...
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thanks!

joe

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