Re: 2.6.12-rc3-mm2 - kswapd0 keeps running

[Mark McPherson]

Hi,

I have noticed since well back in the 2.6.11-mmX series that top always
reports the load average as 1.00 unless and until I kill apcupsd [an APC
ups daemon].  If I do that the load average swiftly drops to 0.00 when
the computer is idle.  Thought it was likely an application issue but
perhaps it is related so maybe I had better mention it.

I'm pretty sure the 2.6.12-rcX Linus tree does the same thing, while
vanilla 2.6.11 and the -ac tree don't display this behavior.

apcupsd doesn't seem to actually use excessive resources -- CPU or
memory -- even if I let it run for a long time, and the CPU temperature
remains at the correct idle value when idle [even though the load
average is reported as 1.00].

I don't see corresponding behavior with kswapiod here after a day of
uptime with 2.6.12-rc3-mm2.

Cheers,
Mark
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Mark McPherson <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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