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.
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Yours, Mikhail Ramendik
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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
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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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