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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

  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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