> I can see it every now and then with Yakkety and linux 4.8.0-27. > Can you advice any action?
what do you mean by "every now and then"? you mean kswapd runs at 100% for a short time, occasionally? that's normal.
> kswapd0 no longer takes 100% CPU, but it still emerges to the top of the list in top as it still > manages to take more then the other processes
this sounds like kswapd is just doing its job now. if you stop all your applications, does kswapd still take up cpu time indefinitely?
> I can see it every now and then with Yakkety and linux 4.8.0-27.
> Can you advice any action?
what do you mean by "every now and then"? you mean kswapd runs at 100% for a short time, occasionally? that's normal.
> kswapd0 no longer takes 100% CPU, but it still emerges to the top of the list in top as it still
> manages to take more then the other processes
this sounds like kswapd is just doing its job now. if you stop all your applications, does kswapd still take up cpu time indefinitely?