#6397 NORM Never A: pdflush takes 90% cpu

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#6397: pdflush takes 90% cpu
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  Reporter:  bert    |       Owner:  dilinger      
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  kernel  |     Version:                
Resolution:          |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by dilinger):

 Pdflush has been doing that sort of thing for a while;
 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/7/82

 Did you have a USB key or SD card in that it might've been writing to?
 Writing pages out to a slow device results in pdflush wasting a lot of
 time spinning.

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