SRU Justification Impact: Sandy Bridge platforms with a small normal zone can apparently lockup when copying from a fast I/O source to a slower I/O destination, e.g., disk to USB stick.
Patch Description: A number of upstream changes have made accommodation for how pages are allocated when the normal zone is exhausted. Patch: See the list of commits in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/808509/comments/5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808509 Title: SRU: Stop kswapd consuming 100% CPU when highest zone is small To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/808509/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
