Re: a Linux swap storm

[Jan Engelhardt]

>% display -size 300x300 *.jpg

>I wonder what precisely happened. Is this an X bug? Or a kernel bug?
>The effect is reproducible.

Right before it starts to swap, hit Ctrl+Z to suspend 'display' and do a 
`ps u`. Does it hog memory?


Jan Engelhardt
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