From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269016AbUHMHYU (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:24:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269021AbUHMHYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:24:19 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:53737 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269016AbUHMHYK (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:24:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:24:07 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Florin Andrei Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: dvd ripping causing: Re: excessive swapping Message-ID: <20040813072407.GA26981@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Florin Andrei , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1092379250.2597.14.camel@rivendell.home.local> <1092379468.2597.16.camel@rivendell.home.local> <1092381036.2597.29.camel@rivendell.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1092381036.2597.29.camel@rivendell.home.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 12:10:37AM -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > I'm sorry for rambling, but to me the current swapping policy is so > blatantly wrong. Besides the space occupied by the apps themselves, > there's a lot of room to _spare_ - then why swap? It is a bug - calm down. It has been reported before but now quite hammered down yet. Can you report the files I asked you for? Could you also try: echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness Thanks. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO