| Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:41:25 -0400 | From | Marc Heckmann <> | Subject | Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps |
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:16:30PM +1000, Andrew Morton wrote: > "Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote: > > > > Because the 2.4 VM is so broken, and > > because my machines are frequently deeply swapped, > > The swapoff algorithms in 2.2 and 2.4 are basically identical. > The problem *appears* worse in 2.4 because it uses lots > more swap.
exactly, I've seen this on a 2.2.16 box that went deep into swap. Although it didn't lock up, kswapd was using most of the CPU time during a swapoff.
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