Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:45:01 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [discussion] Swap overcommitment recovery |
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, david wrote: > Reply to mail from Andi Kleen about [discussion] Swap overcommitment recovery > > The problem usually then is that the X server is blocking in swapping, > > and thus can't handle the mouse pointer. The real fix for that is a > > multi threaded X server, not some crazy kernel hacks. > > Actually, gpm at the console as well as typing at the console is affected. > Everything is affected.
If kswapd CPU usage is at 100%, there's no userland solution that's goint to help you. None.
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