Messages in this thread | | | From | Mikhail Ramendik <> | Subject | 2.6.10-rc3: kswapd eats CPU on start of memory-eating task | Date | Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:28:16 +0300 |
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Hello,
With kernel 2.6.10-rc3 and 256 M RAM, when I start a task taht eats a ot of RAM (for example, viewing a big TIFF file; also tested with a synthetic "eater"), in the resulting swapping process kswapd tahes quite a bit of CPU time. The computer becomes extremely unresponsive, the clock (in icewm) stops for periods of time up to a minute). And the task startup itself is somewhaat slow.
I have checked both 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.9 for comparison, and they fare a lot better. The CPU hogging is not there, the computer is much more responsive, and the task starts faster.
-- Yours, Mikhail Ramendik
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