Messages in this thread | | | From | Toralf Förster <> | Subject | Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x | Date | Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:36:51 +0100 |
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Johannes Stezenbach wrote at 14:33:31 > 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. > > > Johannes
No, I've these settings :
tfoerste@n22 ~ $ zgrep -e OBJ -e SLAB -e SLUB /proc/config.gz | grep -v '#' CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y CONFIG_SLUB=y CONFIG_SLABINFO=y
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