From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752424AbXCaPuy (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:50:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753186AbXCaPuy (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:50:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:39947 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752424AbXCaPux (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:50:53 -0400 Message-ID: <460E835A.4000300@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:50:50 -0400 From: Rik van Riel Organization: Red Hat, Inc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061008) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pedram M CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: kswapd issues + kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp References: <9c9aa5d00703310110s2a21f19l37544c3d46be53c9@mail.gmail.com> <9c9aa5d00703310111w3809fd56t75bcde9d5047ca81@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9c9aa5d00703310111w3809fd56t75bcde9d5047ca81@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pedram M wrote: > Hi, > > I've seen this around, and have heard about it in forums and else-where, > could somebody enlighten me with more information or with experiences > they have had. Looks like kswapd begins to eat CPU dramatically till the > box eventually locks up. You'll want to contact your distro's support people, who are way better than I am at extracting all the information needed to debug your problem. OTOH, chances are it's been fixed already in a more recent kernel. -- Politics is the struggle between those who want to make their country the best in the world, and those who believe it already is. Each group calls the other unpatriotic.