From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261296AbULSOJ3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:09:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261298AbULSOJ2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:09:28 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net ([81.228.11.98]:55537 "EHLO pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261296AbULSOJQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:09:16 -0500 Message-ID: <33506044.1103465322122.JavaMail.tomcat@pne-ps2-sn1> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:08:42 +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: akpm@osdl.org, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, mr@ramendik.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 ARGH... I hate my ISPs new webmail. Disregard previous change of Topic. On 2004-12-18 23:02:33 Con Kolivas wrote: > Try disabling the swap token > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swap_token_timeout Hi Con. It changes the behaviour of my testcase, yes, but it doesn't cure the problem. When swap_token_timeout is the default 300 the screen freezes are longer in duration, about 30 seconds. With a swap_token_timeout of 0, max screen freezeis about 10 seconds, inter-foliated with freezes of less length. On a positive note, the _total_ time of "unstability" is equal in both cases. Which in my animation test means 6 minutes. I said 3 previously, but that was wrong. Didn't let it run long enough. Cheers, Mats Johannesson