Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix spurious OOM kills | From | Nick Piggin <> | Date | Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:30:18 +1100 |
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On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 18:38 +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 05:04:29PM +0100, Martin MOKREJŠ wrote: > > I see the machine a lot less responsive when it starts swapping > > compared to 2.6.10-rc2-mm3. For example, just moving mouse between > > windows takes some 10-12 seconds to fvwm2 to re-focus to another xterm > > window. > > I don't know exactly what's the issue here, but the oom fixes we > developed cannot change anything until you see the first printk in the > logs (the printk tells the admin the machine reached oom). > > So slowdowns during paging can be discussed separately from the oom > killer issues.
There was another reported slowdown for 2.6.10-rc3 in another thread too. It is a bit odd because nothing much has changed in the scanner.
Was there some swap-token (or can anyone think of any relevant) changes recently?
Nick
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