Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:42:31 +1100 | | From | Con Kolivas <> | | Subject | Re: [ck] 2.6.7 backport request, spinoff idea |
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Mikhail Ramendik wrote: > Con Kolivas wrote: > > >>Actually I wonder if the swap token is responsible in 2.6.10-rc3 >> >>Try this >>echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swap_token_timeout > > > Well, this makes things really better, although not as good as 2.6.8.1. There > are kswapd cpu jumps and screen freezes, but they only last several seconds > (the longest is in the very beginning, about 15-20 sec). > > Thanks! This makes the system much more useable.
This is worth posting to lkml so I've cc'ed a few relevant people (there is already a thread about this there). Rik care to comment? I recall pointing out this test case a while back. Got any way to make it harder to trigger the swap token? It seems to affect normal workloads adversely considering how rare swap thrashing actually occurs.
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