We have a similar problem.... The only difference is we don't notice our kswapd running high the way everyone on that bugzilla talked about it. Otherwise, it's just about identical... the (other) symptoms, what triggers the symptoms, etc. What's worse, we're running the 2.4.21-27.0.1.EL kernel. I had trouble upgrading to the 2.4.21-27.0.2.EL kernel, so we're not using it yet, but from the announcement at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html doesn't suggest that it would address anything about this problem anyway. Anyone else have similar experience? Does anyone know if this issue has ever been seen in 2.6.x kernels? I see that RedHat announced RHEL4 today (or at least that's when I got the email) and perhaps we'll just upgrade to that rather than continue to beat our heads against walls... David On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:00:53AM -0500, Blackburn, Marvin wrote: >We have this problem too. It gets so bad that the system locks up. >The trouble with the fix is that some of our applications are not >certified with >the kernel recommended. > >Its strange -- this problem always recurs two weeks to the day after a >reboot. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cian Cullinan >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5:04 AM >> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list >> Subject: Re: kswapd >> >> 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 >> > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >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
