David, The previous erratta to RHSA-2005-043.html addresses the kswapd issue. What was that bugzilla number? > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Ernst > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:19 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: kswapd > > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
