From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261507AbULTNAJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:00:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261508AbULTNAI (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:00:08 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net ([81.228.11.159]:44257 "EHLO pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261507AbULTNAF (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:00:05 -0500 Message-ID: <1348970.1103547593171.JavaMail.tomcat@pne-ps1-sn1> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:59:53 +0100 (MET) From: Voluspa Reply-To: lista4@comhem.se To: kernel@kolivas.org Subject: Re: 2.6.10-rc3: kswapd eats CPU on start of memory-eating task Cc: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mr@ramendik.ru, riel@redhat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: CP Presentation Server X-clientstamp: [213.64.150.229] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Con Kolivas wrote: >> Logistically what makes sense is if a timeout of 0 is used as a test >> that completely disables it (avoids another sysctl too). In time for >> 2.6.10 we should disable it by default until the regressions are better >> understood. Tuning it into a useful "on" position can happen later and I >> suspect requires more code. > >This patch should have the desired effect. Yes, it sure has. And with that I mean, YES. My testcase shows no freezes now, and it has the same swapping time as 2.6.8.1-bk2. Thanks Con, Mats Johannesson