From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sat Aug 19 21:24:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F153DE5CD0 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8D5465841 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cy.schubert@komquats.com) Received: from spqr.komquats.com ([96.50.22.10]) by shaw.ca with SMTP id jBEBdNQ7D8LPZjBECdRjUw; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 15:24:21 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=e552ceh/ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:117 a=jvE2nwUzI0ECrNeyr98KWA==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=KeKAF7QvOSUA:10 a=VxmjJ2MpAAAA:8 a=YxBL1-UpAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=_udTTbkVLWzrbtzO_tkA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=7gXAzLPJhVmCkEl4_tsf:22 a=Ia-lj3WSrqcvXOmTRaiG:22 a=IjZwj45LgO3ly-622nXo:22 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy [10.1.1.91]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BD0A1F5E; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v7JLOJKJ004107; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:24:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com) Message-Id: <201708192124.v7JLOJKJ004107@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.6 Reply-to: Cy Schubert From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.cschubert.com/ To: Cy Schubert cc: tech-lists , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swapfile query In-Reply-To: Message from Cy Schubert of "Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:00:57 -0700." <201708192100.v7JL0vFk003935@slippy.cwsent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:24:19 -0700 X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfIDHHB+gDKJ0RYPPfM0R37SAMMLSnlMeyd/MvTAtUmEQjJjdJwAT8BUbBCapTyFn2qxpDdsehlO64XOE2uTxfIKYVffbJd1B+He/IEeXblri0/MggYxq TJC7lNqNoWk0aQkqbBD342oHPPV/BEuSXVJa+BqeVFY4URgJwwsVKP4sZn/JTpEcZDmYicEYi2nO+pHnrgui9xlhbC+jNROqyE2C1pcvYaSFMD0Jb8C/lA1T X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:24:28 -0000 In message <201708192100.v7JL0vFk003935@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes: > (On my -CURRENT laptop I see a scan rate in the hundreds on a totally idle > laptop and in the teens of my idle firewall. IMO this doesn't seem right, > at least not compared to previous releases of FreeBSD or from the days when > I worked on Solaris. You shouldn't see a scan rate on an idle system.) It appears that on an idle system with many pages in use, i.e. a laptop running X and not really doing anything else, pages are scanned though the system is idle. This is likely an artifact of r308474. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.