See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=132639 It's a bug with kswapd. The report goes into a lot of detail about the VM which went over my head, but the solution is to upgrade your kernel to one with this fixed. On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:07:19 -0800, Bhupinder Singh <bsingh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all: > Very often, a process kswapd takes control of 100% or more of CPU and > stays that way for quite some time. Anybody know what is causing it and > how to fix it. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks. > Bhupinder > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list