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Subject: Re: v3.4-rc2 out-of-memory problems (was Re: 3.4-rc1 sticks-and-crashs)
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On 04/14/2012 03:38 PM, werner wrote:
> Perhaps someone could check this
>
> Ocasionally it still happens that the computer slows down very, during
> appr. 1 minute (but it dont crash, nor is nothing visible in syslog).
>
> I think this wasn't before approx. the 3.2 kernel, at least I didn't
> perceive it, but this happens at 3.3 and 3.4-rc2-inclusive all patchs.
>
> Below, ps alx and top i printed in a file at an ocasion as this happened
> I observed that then always kmemleak is almost at the beginning of top

I have a feeling you might enjoy things like the sysprof
tool, which can show you not only which process is using
CPU time, but also where it is spent.

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