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SubjectRe: [2.4] 0-order allocation failed
Gabor Z. Papp wrote:
> * Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>:
>
> | > > Can you check how much swap space is there available when
> | > > the OOM killer trigger? I bet this is the case.
> | >
> | > The machine doesn't have swap.
> |
> | Well then you're probably facing true OOM.
> |
> | Add some swap.
>
> There is really no way to run 2.4 without swap?
>
> I have the same problem with nfsroot and ramdisk based setups after
> 1-2 weeks uptime.
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sure, you can run a system without swap, you just run the risk of not
being able to start new processes, or OOM kills if your running
processees try to allocate too much memory. You can turn the OOM killer
off if you like, but then you run the risk of wedging the machine.

Neil

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