Re: [discussion] Swap overcommitment recovery

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:45:01 +0200 (CEST)

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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, david wrote:
> Reply to mail from Andi Kleen about [discussion] Swap overcommitment recovery
> > The problem usually then is that the X server is blocking in swapping,
> > and thus can't handle the mouse pointer. The real fix for that is a
> > multi threaded X server, not some crazy kernel hacks.
>
> Actually, gpm at the console as well as typing at the console is affected.
> Everything is affected.

If kswapd CPU usage is at 100%, there's no userland solution
that's goint to help you. None.

Rik.
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