Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754323Ab2BDNdg (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:33:36 -0500 Received: from bar.sig21.net ([80.81.252.164]:51560 "EHLO bar.sig21.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753206Ab2BDNdf (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:33:35 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:33:31 +0100 From: Johannes Stezenbach To: Toralf =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=F6rster?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x Message-ID: <20120204133331.GA13223@sig21.net> References: <201202041109.53003.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <201202041109.53003.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-21-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-21-Report: No, score=-2.9 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9 autolearn=ham Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 765 Lines: 20 On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 11:09:52AM +0100, Toralf F?rster wrote: > Within the last few weeks I'm observing sometimes a swap storm at my ThinkPad > while compiling/installing new packages at my Gentoo Linux - the load is often > something like : > > Load avg: 13.6, 20.6, 20.9 > > I'm wondering whether this is related to kernel 3.2.x /Gentoo specific or > related to my system only. Do you happen to have CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS enabled? For me it ate lots of memory with 3.2.2, easily visible in slabtop. Johannes -- 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/