Maybe issue with swap and the 6.6 kernel?
by garpu from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HGN6)
Slackware64-current with multilib, nvidia 545.29.02, 16GB RAM, Geforce 1050ti, Ryzen 5 1600. (6.6.8 huge kernel with preempt=full) Everything is patched as of last night.
I've noticed that when my computer is under a heavy load (like while playing Guild Wars 2 via proton and DXVK) that while I'll have at least 7GB buff/cache and 7GB available memory (as reported to top), my swap usage will go up. (Performance doesn't seem to be affected any, and I can quit the application, and the number will slowly go down. I can clear the swap with swapoff/swapon.) With the holidays, I haven't had as much time to game, but I was having similar issues with Diablo IV. (Also with proton, but with VKD3D, and also does have an nvidia-based memory leak that's affecting windows.)
The gamingonlinux people didn't think this was too much of an issue, because swap does get used, and I'm probably not noticing it, because most people don't obsessively watch top while they do other things. My partner says this is just a bug, and it's probably not a problem, either.
There's nothing in dmesg, messages, or syslog to indicate any OOM errors. I probably wouldn't notice it, if I didn't randomly check top.
No issues with supercollider, playing videos, or just non-gaming usage. I can play Vampire Survivors and watch youtube videos, and no problems with RAM.
Boot strings: "root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal ro pti=off rcu_nocbs=0-11 threadirqs preempt=full"
So did something change with memory usage and the 6.6 kernel that I'm noticing? Is this a kernel bug? vulkan bug? Buggy software (gw2 and diablo IV)? Not a bug at all?
I've noticed that when my computer is under a heavy load (like while playing Guild Wars 2 via proton and DXVK) that while I'll have at least 7GB buff/cache and 7GB available memory (as reported to top), my swap usage will go up. (Performance doesn't seem to be affected any, and I can quit the application, and the number will slowly go down. I can clear the swap with swapoff/swapon.) With the holidays, I haven't had as much time to game, but I was having similar issues with Diablo IV. (Also with proton, but with VKD3D, and also does have an nvidia-based memory leak that's affecting windows.)
The gamingonlinux people didn't think this was too much of an issue, because swap does get used, and I'm probably not noticing it, because most people don't obsessively watch top while they do other things. My partner says this is just a bug, and it's probably not a problem, either.
There's nothing in dmesg, messages, or syslog to indicate any OOM errors. I probably wouldn't notice it, if I didn't randomly check top.
No issues with supercollider, playing videos, or just non-gaming usage. I can play Vampire Survivors and watch youtube videos, and no problems with RAM.
Boot strings: "root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal ro pti=off rcu_nocbs=0-11 threadirqs preempt=full"
So did something change with memory usage and the 6.6 kernel that I'm noticing? Is this a kernel bug? vulkan bug? Buggy software (gw2 and diablo IV)? Not a bug at all?