Bug 28482 – strange VM behavior with 2.4.1-0.1.9

Bug 28482 - strange VM behavior with 2.4.1-0.1.9

Summary:	strange VM behavior with 2.4.1-0.1.9

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Stephen Tweedie
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2001-02-20 14:00 EST by Jeremy Katz
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:31 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2001-02-26 13:33:40 EST
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Description Jeremy Katz 2001-02-20 14:00:13 EST

Maybe it's just me, but 2.4.1-0.1.9 feels a lot worse than 2.4.0-0.99.x
with interactive performance.  On my laptop with 192M of ram, there seems
to be a lot of RAM being used for caching at the expense of using a lot of
RAM for swap.  I have extremely noticable lag when switching workspaces in
X and in bringing up any new application, the latter of which is also
generally accompanied by heavy disk thrashing (much heavier than I would
account for just by loading the app).

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-02-21 10:09:02 EST

This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release

Comment 2 Michael K. Johnson 2001-02-21 12:53:53 EST

Assigned to sct to investigate vm balancing

Comment 3 Stephen Tweedie 2001-02-26 13:33:34 EST

A lot of bad VM behaviour is cured in 2.4.1-0.1.14 (the Wolverine kernel): does
that fix things for you?

Comment 4 Jeremy Katz 2001-02-26 21:09:15 EST

0.1.14 is later than the kernel shipped in wolverine but is currently in
rawhide. It does seem to be a bit better balanced thus far, though.  Thanks

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