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[Bug 1532480] Re: kswapd0 consumes 100% CPU

 

Alex, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

At your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream
kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page from
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D (the release
names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily
folder)? Install instructions are available at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds . This will allow
additional upstream developers to examine the issue.

If testing on your main install would be inconvenient, one may:
1) Install Ubuntu to a different partition and then test this there.
2) Backup, or clone the primary install.

If the latest kernel did not allow you to test to the issue (ex. you couldn't boot into the OS) please make a comment in your report about this, and continue to test the next most recent kernel version until you can test to the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this issue is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon, next to the word Tags, located at the bottom of the report description:
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Where X, and Y are the first two numbers of the kernel version, and Z is
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If the mainline kernel does not fix the issue, please add the following tags:
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Once testing of the latest upstream kernel is complete, please mark this
report's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

** Tags removed: kswapd

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Title:
  kswapd0 consumes 100% CPU

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I'm running AWS EC2 t2.micro instance with below ubuntu version.
  ubuntu-wily-15.10-amd64-server-20151203 (ami-7d948911)
  4.2.0-23-generic

  Periodically around once per day my instance consumes 100% CPU by kswapd0 kernell process.
  Instance restart helps, otherwise this continues.

  I have no swap configured.

  Could be related to #721896

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: linux-image-4.2.0-23-generic 4.2.0-23.28
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-23.28-generic 4.2.6
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  AlsaDevices:
   total 0
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 Jan  9 07:44 seq
   crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan  9 07:44 timer
  AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  Date: Sat Jan  9 20:32:49 2016
  Ec2AMI: ami-7d948911
  Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
  Ec2AvailabilityZone: eu-central-1a
  Ec2InstanceType: t2.micro
  Ec2Kernel: unavailable
  Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
  IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
  Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
  MachineType: Xen HVM domU
  PciMultimedia:

  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB:
   0 cirrusdrmfb
   1 xen
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=73008cf2-451d-4df0-a2e6-16ffb91670c7 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-23-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-23-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.149.3
  RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
  SourcePackage: linux
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Xen
  dmi.bios.version: 4.2.amazon
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Xen
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnXen:bvr4.2.amazon:bd12/07/2015:svnXen:pnHVMdomU:pvr4.2.amazon:cvnXen:ct1:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: HVM domU
  dmi.product.version: 4.2.amazon
  dmi.sys.vendor: Xen

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