Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.2.9 swaps a lot | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 11:39:57 MET DST | From | "Giuliano Pochini" <> |
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>2.2.6 didn't swap that much (128M machine). 2.2.9 swaps a lot more. >Shortly after boot I started a kernel compile and vmstat reported smpd >went from 0 to 11000 in one go. Right now it's about 16000, and switching >desktops just now caused ~200 to swap in, which makes it noticable. 2.2.6 >never did that. I had 2.2.6 running for about 3 weeks and swpd never went >over 2000.
It seems that this behaviour started with v.2.2.7. For example I noticed that linux swaps even if there still is a lot of free memory !! When I play CD tracks stored on my HD, buffer entry increases until it fills all available memory, then it start swapping. Strange. IMHO it's a bug.
[Giu@localhost Giu]$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 63268 61828 1440 33796 15824 10176 -/+ buffers/cache: 35828 27440 Swap: 92124 0 92124 [Giu@localhost Giu]$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 63268 61888 1380 34296 16500 9156 -/+ buffers/cache: 36232 27036 Swap: 92124 0 92124 [Giu@localhost Giu]$ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 63268 61880 1388 31724 16568 10160 -/+ buffers/cache: 35152 28116 Swap: 92124 1176 90948
Bye.
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