Bug#637573: linux-image-2.6.39-2-amd64: kswapd uses 100% cpu

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 09:43:23PM +0300, Sergey wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.39-3
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> on sandy bridge ( Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M )
> kswapd uses 100% CPU when there is little free memory. 
> swap space not used.

What do you mean by 'swap space not used'?  No swap space
configured?

> after the command echo 1> /proc/sys/vm/drop_kaches kswapd 
> disappears.

Please test version 3.0.0-1, now in testing and unstable.

Ben.

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