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From: Mikhail Ramendik <mr@ramendik.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.10-rc3: kswapd eats CPU on start of memory-eating task
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:28:16 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200412121728.16968.mr@ramendik.ru> (raw)

Hello,

With kernel 2.6.10-rc3 and 256 M RAM, when I start a task taht eats a ot of 
RAM (for example, viewing a big TIFF file; also tested with a synthetic 
"eater"), in the resulting swapping process kswapd tahes quite a bit of CPU 
time. The computer becomes extremely unresponsive, the clock (in icewm) stops 
for periods of time up to a minute). And the task startup itself is somewhaat 
slow.

I have checked both 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.9 for comparison, and they fare a lot 
better. The CPU hogging is not there, the computer is much more responsive, 
and the task starts faster.

-- 
Yours, Mikhail Ramendik


             reply	other threads:[~2004-12-12 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-12 14:28 Mikhail Ramendik [this message]
2004-12-14  0:51 ` 2.6.10-rc3: kswapd eats CPU on start of memory-eating task Nick Piggin
2004-12-14  2:28   ` Mikhail Ramendik
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-12-14  7:24 Voluspa
2004-12-15 14:02 Voluspa
2004-12-17  0:41 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-15 22:49 Voluspa
2004-12-16  8:03 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-16  8:14   ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-17 10:45 Voluspa
2004-12-18 23:02 ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-19 14:08 Voluspa
2004-12-19 22:40 Voluspa
2004-12-19 22:56 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-19 23:08   ` Mikhail Ramendik
2004-12-19 23:57   ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-20  0:03     ` Mikhail Ramendik
2004-12-20  3:02       ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20  3:21         ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-20  4:13           ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20  4:18             ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-20  4:21               ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20  4:33           ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-20  7:07             ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-19 23:12 Voluspa
2004-12-20  6:51 Voluspa
2004-12-20  7:12 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-20  7:44   ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-20  8:03     ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20  8:58       ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20 12:55         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-20 12:06     ` Ed Tomlinson
2004-12-20 12:29       ` Con Kolivas
2004-12-20 17:49     ` Hideo AOKI
2004-12-20 23:51       ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-20  9:07   ` mr
2004-12-20 15:06     ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-20  9:22 Zou, Nanhai
2004-12-20 15:08 ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-20 12:59 Voluspa
2004-12-21  1:46 ` Mikhail Ramendik
2004-12-22  8:45 Zou, Nanhai
2004-12-22 14:23 ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-23  0:26 Zou, Nanhai
2004-12-23 13:26 ` Rik van Riel
2004-12-23 13:28   ` Rik van Riel

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