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SubjectRe: Google's mm problem - not reproduced on 2.4.13
>>>*Just in case* it's oom-related I've asked Ben to try it with one less than
>>>the maximum number of memory blocks he can allocate.
>>>
>>I've run this test with my 3.5G machine, 3 blocks instead of 4 blocks,
>>and it has the same behavior (my app gets killed, 0-order allocation
>>failures, and the system stays up.
>>
>
> If you still have swap free at the point where the process
> gets killed, or if the memory is file-backed, then we are
> positive it's a kernel bug.

This machine is configured without a swap file. The memory is file backed,

though (read-only mmap, followed by a mlock).

- Ben

Ben Smith
Google, Inc



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