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SubjectRe: page allocation failure & sk98lin
Serban Simu wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I found a few references to similar problems in the list but no
> indications of whether this has been fixed or can be avoided.
>
> I'm using 2.6.8.1 and the patch: sk98lin_v7.04_2.6.8_patch. This
> happens when receiving data fast on the GigE card (about 600Mbps) and
> writing on disk. It seems to happen after writing 1 GB to disk (1024
> MB) but I can't correlate that very reliably.
>
> I would appreciate any information pointing me to a fix or explanation.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Serban
>
> swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20


The messages should be basically harmless and can't be completely avoided.

That said, -mm kernels have patches to fix up numerous problems with the
page
allocator which have a good chance of fixing your problems.
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