From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx184.postini.com [74.125.245.184]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6E296B13F0 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:56:28 -0500 (EST) From: Toralf =?utf-8?q?F=C3=B6rster?= Subject: Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:56:15 +0100 References: <201202041109.53003.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <201202051107.26634.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201202080956.18727.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Hillf Danton Cc: Johannes Stezenbach , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org Hillf Danton wrote at 12:38:31 > 2012/2/5 Toralf F=C3=B6rster : > > Hillf Danton wrote at 05:45:40 > >=20 > >> Would you please try the patchset of Rik? > >>=20 > >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/26/374 > >=20 > > It doesn't applied successfully agains 3.2.3 (+patch +f 3.2.5) > >=20 > > :-( >=20 > That patchset already in -next tree, mind to try it with > CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG first disabled, and try again with it enabled? >=20 > Hillf I switched back to 3.0.20 in the mean while. =46rom what I can tell is this: If the system is under heavy I/O load and hasn't too much free RAM (git pul= l,=20 svn update and RAM consuming BOINC applications) then kernel 3.0.20 handle= =20 this somehow while 3.2.x run into a swap storm like. =2D-=20 MfG/Sincerely Toralf F=C3=B6rster pgp finger print: 7B1A 07F4 EC82 0F90 D4C2 8936 872A E508 7DB6 9DA3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org