Re: swap storm since kernel 3.2.x

From: Toralf FÃrster
Date: Wed Feb 08 2012 - 03:56:33 EST



Hillf Danton wrote at 12:38:31
> 2012/2/5 Toralf FÃrster <toralf.foerster@xxxxxx>:
> > Hillf Danton wrote at 05:45:40
> >
> >> Would you please try the patchset of Rik?
> >>
> >> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/1/26/374
> >
> > It doesn't applied successfully agains 3.2.3 (+patch +f 3.2.5)
> >
> > :-(
>
> That patchset already in -next tree, mind to try it with
> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG first disabled, and try again with it enabled?
>
> Hillf
I switched back to 3.0.20 in the mean while.

>From what I can tell is this:
If the system is under heavy I/O load and hasn't too much free RAM (git pull,
svn update and RAM consuming BOINC applications) then kernel 3.0.20 handle
this somehow while 3.2.x run into a swap storm like.

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Toralf FÃrster
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