Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:37:06 +0100 | From | Christian Kujau <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.24 + cryptoloop: __alloc_pages: 5-order allocation failed |
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Marcelo Tosatti wrote: | | Please do | | echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/vm_gfp_debug |
unfortunately i am not able to do this right now, i'll have access to the machine on sunday i guess. so i have to wait what it gives then.
| I suspect the problem is loop allocates its buffers in a way so that the | allocator can't sleep waiting for IO, which in turn overloads the memory | and causes the failures.
yes, i've heard rumors too that the loop device was not so good at all when it comes to high i/o throughput.
Thanks, Christian. - -- BOFH excuse #63:
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