Re: [BUG?] two swapping processes freeze 2.4.0-test10 (but not 2.2.18pre19)

2000-11-03 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I simultaneously run "top d1" and two of the test computations. All is > well (top updates smoothly) until physical RAM is exhausted. However, as > soon as swap is touched, then top freezes and does not update. In this > state, I can switch virtual c

[BUG?] two swapping processes freeze 2.4.0-test10 (but not 2.2.18pre19)

2000-11-01 Thread Wayne Whitney
Hi, My group runs computations on a small linux cluster of RedHat 7.0 dual PIII-700's with 512MB RAM/512MB swap. We have been experiencing some lockups/poor performance on 2.4.x kernels when running two computations at once. I've narrowed it down to a reproducible problem under 2.4.0-test10 (g