Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Sep 2001 17:54:19 +0200 | From | Olaf Hering <> | Subject | Re: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed |
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On Mon, Sep 24, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Jacek [iso-8859-2] Pop³awski wrote: > > > I just installed 2.4.10, and... > > > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c0126c2e > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c0126c2e > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c0126c2e > > VM: killing process donkey_s > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0) from c0126c2e > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c0126c2e > > VM: killing process screen > > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c0126c2e > > VM: killing process bash > > (...) > > > > I am changing kernels often, but never seen that kind of message. Last kernel I > > had before 2.4.10 was 2.4.10-pre4. > > > > PS. donkey_s is application which eats a lot of memory, but I have 384MB RAM > > and 100MB swap. > > Jacek, > > You had available swap when the VM started to kill processes ?
I see that too with 2.4.10aa1 on a 4way 2gig ppc power3 box without swap:
mandarine:~ # w bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # w bash: /usr/bin/w: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # w 5:50pm up 13 min, 3 users, load average: 6.27, 3.30, 1.67 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT root ttyS0 - 5:39pm 3.00s 3.19s 1.51s w olaf pts/0 nectarine.suse.d 5:39pm 9:45 43.90s 0.06s sh do_all olh pts/1 nectarine.suse.d 5:48pm 7.00s 0.79s 0.79s -bash mandarine:~ # free bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # dmesg | tail __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x70/0) __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0) VM: killing process cc1 mandarine:~ # free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2057304 2052932 4372 0 53480 1792468 -/+ buffers/cache: 206984 1850320 Swap: 0 0 0 mandarine:~ # free bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat bash: fork: Cannot allocate memory mandarine:~ # vmstat procs memory swap io system cpu r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id 3 0 1 0 2744 53944 1794968 0 0 440 343 75 300 14 28 58 mandarine:~ # free Killed
That did not happen with pre10aa1, at least the OOM kills. I happend with a bk pull, a build in the background. I seems that it doesnt release some memory...
Gruss Olaf
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