On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 16:33 +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > James, Colin, can you capture output of 'vmstat 1' while you do the > copying? Thanks. Sure; this is with a PREEMPT kernel so the tar goes to completion without locking the system. I started using a memory balloon to clear out the page cache. procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu----- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 0 0 98708 1676100 4112 39556 0 45 1566 1879 392 168 14 17 59 10 0 0 0 98708 1676100 4112 39604 0 0 0 0 37 35 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 98708 1676100 4112 39652 0 0 0 0 31 35 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 98708 1676100 4112 39652 0 0 0 0 26 27 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 98708 1676100 4112 39652 32 0 32 0 50 48 0 0 100 0 0 1 1 98708 1673984 4616 40576 192 0 1812 0 286 117 0 0 92 8 0 0 1 98708 1590540 4792 124236 0 0 41972 0 901 822 0 4 67 29 0 0 1 98708 1499524 4808 214820 0 0 45328 0 917 890 0 4 77 20 0 0 1 98708 1404532 4808 308316 64 0 46784 0 965 1033 0 3 77 20 0 0 1 98708 1312020 5612 399008 0 0 44836 0 1274 1075 0 6 77 18 0 0 1 98708 1304540 5628 406324 0 0 3600 47260 289 115 0 2 68 30 0 0 1 98708 1230760 5672 479020 0 0 36260 712 914 854 0 3 79 18 0 0 1 98708 1208696 5676 500016 0 0 10500 93888 421 251 0 3 67 31 0 0 1 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1668508 0 0 21888 21904 1498 645 0 30 43 27 0 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu----- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 2 1 98708 22700 2704 1668688 0 0 24320 26240 1548 685 0 23 55 22 0 1 1 98708 22776 2712 1668284 0 0 18048 17532 1438 586 0 30 43 27 0 1 1 98708 22868 2712 1668336 0 0 24192 21764 1552 661 0 23 55 23 0 2 2 98708 22772 2716 1667696 0 0 12420 88772 1433 494 0 30 41 28 0 1 2 98708 23424 2720 1667584 0 0 4 9092 1181 246 0 23 40 37 0 1 1 98708 23120 2724 1667584 0 0 4 86380 1262 269 0 29 42 29 0 1 0 98708 23408 2984 1667708 0 0 364 0 1187 249 0 22 60 18 0 2 0 98708 23416 2992 1667772 0 0 0 120 1045 246 0 25 74 1 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1025 221 0 26 74 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1030 225 0 28 72 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1024 224 0 23 77 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1034 226 0 28 72 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1022 221 0 23 77 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1032 227 0 28 72 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1024 221 0 23 77 0 0 1 0 98708 23408 2992 1667720 0 0 0 0 1034 228 0 28 72 0 0 kswapd goes up to 99% at nearly the end of the second page. I ^C on the tar but kswapd stays at 99% for the end. James -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>