Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:20:25 +0900 | From | KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <> | Subject | Re: KSWAPD Algorithm - 100% CPU |
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:04:49 +0200 "wassim dagash" <wassim.dagash@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > Description: > I countered a weird problem with kswapd: > it runs in some infinite loop trying to swap until order 10 of zone > highmem is OK, While zone higmem (as I understand) has nothing to do > with contiguous memory (cause there is no 1-1 mapping) which means > kswapd will continue to try to balance order 10 of zone highmem > forever (or until someone release a very large chunk of highmem). > Can anyone please explain me the algorithm of kswapd and why it tries > to balance order 10 of zone higmem ? > At first, what version of the kernel ?
-Kame
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