On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Any time I start injecting lots of mail into the qmail queue, *one* of the
> > two processors gets pegged at 99%, and it takes forever for anything typed
> > at the console to actually appear (just as you describe).  But I don't see
> 
> Yes I've seen this case. Its partially still a mystery

I've seen it too.  It could be some interaction between kswapd
and bdflush ... but I'm not sure what the exact cause would be.

regards,

Rik
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