From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx183.postini.com [74.125.245.183]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 971416B002C for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:45:43 -0500 (EST) Received: by wgbdt11 with SMTP id dt11so2331303wgb.2 for ; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:45:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201202041536.52189.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> References: <201202041109.53003.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <20120204133331.GA13223@sig21.net> <201202041536.52189.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:45:40 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x From: Hillf Danton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: =?UTF-8?Q?Toralf_F=C3=B6rster?= Cc: Johannes Stezenbach , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hillf Danton , Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org 2012/2/4 Toralf F=C3=B6rster : > > Johannes Stezenbach wrote at 14:33:31 >> On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 11:09:52AM +0100, Toralf F=C3=B6rster wrote: >> > Within the last few weeks I'm observing sometimes a swap storm at my >> > ThinkPad while compiling/installing new packages at my Gentoo Linux - >> > the load is often something like : >> > >> > Load avg: 13.6, 20.6, 20.9 >> > >> > I'm wondering whether this is related to kernel 3.2.x /Gentoo specific= or >> > related to my system only. >> >> Do you happen to have CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS enabled? =C2=A0For me it >> ate lots of memory with 3.2.2, easily visible in slabtop. >> >> >> Johannes > > No, I've these settings : > > tfoerste@n22 ~ $ zgrep -e OBJ -e SLAB -e SLUB /proc/config.gz =C2=A0| gre= p -v '#' > CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=3Dy > CONFIG_SLUB=3Dy > CONFIG_SLABINFO=3Dy > Would you please try the patchset of Rik? https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/26/374 Good weekend Hillf -- 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