On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 14:59 -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > Actually, talking to Chris, I think I can get the system up using > init=/bin/bash without systemd, so I can try the no cgroup config. OK, so a non-PREEMPT non-CGROUP kernel has survived three back to back runs of untar without locking or getting kswapd pegged, so I'm pretty certain this is cgroups related. The next steps are to turn cgroups back on but try disabling the memory and IO controllers. 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>