kswapd0 using 99.8 of CPU

[R Kimber]

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:33:12 +0100
Lee Braiden <lee_b at digitalunleashed.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 18 September 2005 12:15, R Kimber wrote:
> > Why does kswapd0 frequently use 99.8 of CPU ?  And what, if anything
> > should I do about it?
> 
> Because you're using too much memory, and the kernel swap daemon has
> to swap the available memory space back and forth to the hard drive,
> to fit in all the stuff you're running.  Your options are:
> 
> a) buy more memory
> 
> b) use a faster device than the harddrive, that you already happen to
> have -- perhaps a USB flash drive -- as high-priority swap space
> 
> c) stop running so many programs and/or daemons/services at once.

I don't think that's the answer.  I have 2GB of memory. And gkrellm
says 1801MB are free.  Swap usage is 0%.

There must be another answer.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/