Bug#941611: linux-image-5.2.0-2-amd64: Kernel 5.2 has terrible performance under load
On Wed, 2019-10-02 at 22:07 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Linux Kernel 5.2 is completely unusable on most of my systems. The
> > problem seems to be something to do with memory compaction causing
> > intervals where the system becomes unresponsive.
> >
> > This is definitely an upstream issue (my laptop running the
> > upstream kernel is displaying the problem as well) so this bug is
> > really just a warning not to deploy the 5.2 kernel until a fix is
> > found.
>
> If so, could you point where it was reported upstream so we can set
> accorrdingly where it has been forwarded to?
Well the initial incarnation of this upstream patch set
https://marc.info/?t=156762689300003
Seems to fix the problem in my testbeds. I'm testing out the first two
patches only at the moment.
James
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