From: Johannes Stezenbach <js@sig21.net>
To: "Toralf Förster" <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:33:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120204133331.GA13223@sig21.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202041109.53003.toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 11:09:52AM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote:
> Within the last few weeks I'm observing sometimes a swap storm at my ThinkPad
> while compiling/installing new packages at my Gentoo Linux - the load is often
> something like :
>
> Load avg: 13.6, 20.6, 20.9
>
> I'm wondering whether this is related to kernel 3.2.x /Gentoo specific or
> related to my system only.
Do you happen to have CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS enabled? For me it
ate lots of memory with 3.2.2, easily visible in slabtop.
Johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-04 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-04 10:09 swap storm since kernel 3.2.x Toralf Förster
2012-02-04 13:33 ` Johannes Stezenbach [this message]
2012-02-04 14:36 ` Toralf Förster
2012-02-05 4:45 ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-05 10:07 ` Toralf Förster
2012-02-05 11:38 ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-08 8:56 ` Toralf Förster
2012-02-08 11:52 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2012-02-08 12:34 ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-09 11:36 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2012-02-09 12:02 ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-09 13:21 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2012-02-09 13:54 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2012-02-09 14:06 ` Rik van Riel
2012-02-10 12:36 ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-09 13:04 ` Toralf Förster
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