From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:24:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:24:18 -0500 Received: from [193.158.237.250] ([193.158.237.250]:38279 "EHLO mail.intergenia.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:24:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:32:57 +0100 Message-Id: <200301101832.h0AIWvh02736@mail.intergenia.de> To: <3E1E50FB.4000301@emageon.com> From: William Lee Irwin III Subject: Re: 2.4.20, .text.lock.swap cpu usage? (ibm x440) [rescued] CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> Or perhaps the kernel version is not up-to-date. Please also provide >> the precise kernel version (and included patches). And workload too. On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 10:50:03PM -0600, Brian Tinsley wrote: > The kernel version is stock 2.4.20 with Chris Mason's data logging and > journal relocation patches for ReiserFS (neither of which are actually > in use for any mounted filesystems). It is compiled for 64GB highmem > support. And just to refresh, I have seen this exact behavior on stock > 2.4.19 and stock 2.4.17 (no patches on either of these) also compiled > with 64GB highmem support. Okay, can you try with either 2.4.x-aa or 2.5.x-CURRENT? I'm suspecting either bh problems or lowpte problems. Also, could you monitor your load with the scripts I posted? Thanks, Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/