Re: time tells all about kernel VM's

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Oct 23 2001 - 06:33:41 EST

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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, safemode wrote:

> A. OOM did not kick in and kill kghostview. Why you may ask? Read on to B.
> B. .... So what
> happens is that the kernel cant swap because the hdd io is being strangled by
> the process that's going out of control (kghostview) which means that the VM
> is stuck doing this redistribution at a snails pace and the OOM situation
> never occurs

> I see this as a pretty serious bug

Fully agreed. Fixes are welcome.

Rik

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