Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: 2.4.4 kernel freeze for unknown reason | Date | Sat, 12 May 2001 12:18:33 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > > If I turn swap off all together or turn it off and back on > > > periodically to clear the swap before it gets full, I do not seem to > > > experience the lockups. > > Why do I not see this behavior with a heavy swap throughput test load? > It seems decidedly odd to me that swapspace should remain allocated on > other folks lightly loaded boxen given that my heavily loaded box does > release swapspace quite regularly. What am I missing?
If you swap really hard it seems much happier. If you vaguely swap stuff out over time then I too see the description above only I have Rik's dont deadlock on oom tweak so I see apps die.
Alan
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