Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:33:31 +0100 | From | Johannes Stezenbach <> | Subject | Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x |
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On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 11:09:52AM +0100, Toralf Förster 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? For me it ate lots of memory with 3.2.2, easily visible in slabtop.
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