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  1. Bug #620074
  2. Comment #329

Comment 329 for bug 620074

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In , bob+kernel (bob+kernel-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

This absolutely cannot be an ext3 bug. I'm using reiserfs for my root, and it happens here too. System totally locks up with a swap storm when memory pressure starts forcing things into swap. Firefox using > 2GB memory, and a wine memory bug which causes it to report ~4GB VIRT are what triggers it for me. Killing either one fixes the storm. (which is often not possible because keyboard/mouse are unresponsive) Machine has 4GB RAM, 4GB swap.

It must be in the block layer, or elsewhere.

It also seems to happen with swap *off*.