From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262120AbTIRU2T (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:28:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262121AbTIRU2S (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:28:18 -0400 Received: from imo-d02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.34]:16518 "EHLO imo-d02.mx.aol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262120AbTIRU2L (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:28:11 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:28:08 -0400 From: bee71e@netscape.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: excessive swapping in 2.4.x MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3C19C4AA.6428E24C.0005DAE9@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 209.131.38.143 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Nick Piggin wrote: > > >bee71e@netscape.net wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I am using 2.4.21 and I see an unusually large amount of swapping for relatively low load : >> >>sample vmstat output: (note that the system is almost idle) >> >>  procs                      memory    swap          io     system         cpu >>r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo   in    cs  us  sy  id >>0  2  0 1850220  10524   9412 703652 3030 1102  3912  1106 1506  1710   1   1  98 >>0  2  0 1849188  10572   9388 700568 2780 376  3558   379 1434  1284   1   1  99 >>0  5  0 1851576  11668   9404 698228 2999 479  3890   488 1499  1487   1   1  98 >> >>Is this a known issue? Whats happening? How do I fix this? >> > >You could try the latest 2.4 prerelease. It has some VM updates. thanks. Will do that. btw, I narrowed down this particular issue to a hardware failure. __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455