Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:30:50 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 swapping Idle processes :/ Message-ID: <20140801163050.66d32b85@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <53DB9C76.2080208@gmail.com> References: <53D962A7.5090105@gmail.com> <53D97C71.3050806@freebsd.org> <53D9F04C.6080607@gmail.com> <20140801135652.264bdd4d@gumby.homeunix.com> <53DB9C76.2080208@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:56:06 +0200 Adi wrote: > Hello > > > I don't know what's changed, you only used to get this behaviour > > when memory got very low or vm.swap_idle_enabled was set. Possibly > > someones optimized it, or maybe it's a bug. Either way I doubt it's > > a significant problem, setting swap_idle_enabled is just a minor > > optimization. > > > # sysctl vm.swap_idle_enabled > vm.swap_idle_enabled: 0 > > I have never changed this setting. I know, that setting was on pastebin. > After reset all processes (excluded one I forgot) 7 hours ago is > still OK > > > so only 1 processes is in SWAP idle. > ... > > update FreeBSD to 10.0-STABLE and is better but not 100% ok. but seeing processes marked as swapped is not in itself a significant problem. It's really just a way of reducing the priority of certain pages in case actual page-outs occur later. In your original post you had many idle processes marked as swapped and *zero* swap usage.
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