2.6.5-rc3-mm3: pdflush takes 99% of cpu (SMP HT, 3 Gb memory)

From: Jurriaan
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 13:10:43 EST


pdflush is taking over my system!

Linux middle 2.6.5-rc3-mm3 #8 SMP Wed Mar 31 19:58:09 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

P4 with hyperthreading, 3 Gb memory, latest debian unstable

INTEL :vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
3 0 0 327540 73380 2430992 0 0 76 297 261 241 12 13 70 4
1 0 0 326324 73400 2431856 0 0 896 158 2334 2279 15 51 33 0
1 0 0 324916 73404 2433280 0 0 1028 0 2426 2592 21 51 29 0
1 0 0 323892 73416 2434356 0 0 1024 20 2315 2534 21 51 29 0
1 0 0 322676 73416 2436192 0 0 1024 0 2484 2392 14 51 34 0
1 0 0 321332 73416 2437212 0 0 1024 0 2293 2119 16 51 33 0
1 0 0 320372 73420 2438092 0 0 900 0 2258 2198 19 51 30 0
1 0 0 319156 73440 2439228 0 0 1152 114 2495 2458 20 51 29 0
1 0 0 317300 73440 2440724 0 0 1024 0 2765 3091 27 52 21 0
4 0 0 316212 73440 2441744 0 0 1024 0 2406 2235 16 51 33 0
3 0 0 315188 73444 2442760 0 0 1028 0 2178 2094 17 50 33 0
1 0 0 313908 73444 2443780 0 0 1024 0 2250 2109 16 51 33 0
1 0 0 312500 73488 2445572 0 0 1024 5884 2471 2277 17 52 30 2
1 0 0 311476 73496 2446652 0 0 1024 28 2249 2134 16 51 34 0
1 0 0 310196 73500 2448008 0 0 1028 0 2323 2231 15 51 33 0
1 0 0 308724 73500 2449164 0 0 1152 0 2447 2321 16 51 33 0
1 0 0 307444 73500 2450320 0 0 1152 0 2449 2282 18 52 30 0
1 0 0 306164 73500 2452020 0 0 896 0 2412 2355 15 51 34 0
1 0 0 305012 73504 2453036 0 0 1028 0 2491 2331 16 51 34 0
1 0 0 303796 73512 2454320 0 0 896 36 2270 2113 16 51 34 0
1 0 0 302772 73512 2455340 0 0 1024 0 2164 2036 16 51 34 0
2 0 0 301748 73524 2456212 0 0 896 80 2216 2125 15 51 34 0
2 0 0 300148 73528 2458044 0 0 1028 0 2385 2241 15 51 34 0
1 0 0 299188 73528 2458928 0 0 896 0 2191 2073 15 51 34 0
1 0 0 298356 73536 2459804 0 0 896 28 2206 2121 15 51 35 0
1 0 0 297268 73536 2460824 0 0 1024 0 2199 2120 15 51 34 0

:top
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ #C COMMAND
32224 root 25 0 0 0 0 R 99.9 0.0 6:35.96 1 pdflush
748 root 0 -19 19064 9220 9.8m S 17.8 0.3 0:26.12 0 mplayer
31431 root 16 0 59560 16m 44m S 11.9 0.5 1:20.18 0 XFree86
1 root 16 0 1520 452 1368 S 0.0 0.0 0:07.69 0 init
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 0 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 0 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 1 migration/1
5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 1 ksoftirqd/1
6 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.51 0 events/0
7 root 11 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 1 events/1
8 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.07 0 kblockd/0
9 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 1 kblockd/1
10 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 1 khubd
14 root 6 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 0 aio/0
13 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:24.43 1 kswapd0
15 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 1 aio/1


CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_BROKEN=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=y
CONFIG_X86_PC=y
CONFIG_MPENTIUM4=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_XADD=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=7
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_USERCOPY=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2=y
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DMA_ADDRESSING_MODE=1
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=16
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=64
CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID0=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID1=y
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=y
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=y
CONFIG_NET_TULIP=y
CONFIG_TULIP=y
CONFIG_TULIP_MWI=y
CONFIG_TULIP_MMIO=y
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
CONFIG_8139CP=y
CONFIG_8139TOO=y
CONFIG_8139_RXBUF_IDX=2
CONFIG_TIGON3=m
CONFIG_INPUT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=y
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=4
CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=y
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
CONFIG_RTC=y
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_MGA=y
CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=y
CONFIG_I2C=m
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=m
CONFIG_I2C_ISA=m
CONFIG_I2C_VIAPRO=m
CONFIG_I2C_SENSOR=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_VIA686A=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_W83781D=m
CONFIG_SENSORS_EEPROM=m
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM=y
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=y
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=y
CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=y
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=y
CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI=y
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=y
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=y
CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_XFS_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_UDF_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_SYSFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
CONFIG_4KSTACKS=y
CONFIG_X86_FIND_SMP_CONFIG=y
CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE=y
CONFIG_CRC32=y
CONFIG_X86_SMP=y
CONFIG_X86_HT=y
CONFIG_X86_BIOS_REBOOT=y
CONFIG_X86_TRAMPOLINE=y
CONFIG_PC=y

Good luck,
Jurriaan
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