From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:17:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:17:12 -0400 Received: from ma-northadams1a-359.bur.adelphia.net ([24.52.175.103]:53768 "EHLO ma-northadams1a-359.bur.adelphia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:17:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:29:55 -0400 From: Eric Buddington To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: VM (runaway kswapd) improvement 32Mb/120Mb 2.4.7-ac10 -> 2.4.8-ac4 Message-ID: <20010814122955.Q607@sparrow.bur.adelphia.net> Reply-To: ebuddington@wesleyan.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organization: ECS Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: there is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org FWIW, my Omnibook 4100 (PII) with 32Mb RAM and 120Mb swap had some trouble with frequent bursts of 98% system time and high kswapd CPU usage under 2.4.7-ac10 while compiling the kernel and running festival (memory-intensive speech synthesizer). Currently, with 2.4.8-ac4, everything is just swell. Thanks to whoever did the tweaking. -Eric