Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:04:59 -0300 | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: memory allocation error messages in system log |
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Achim,
This is not the first person I see complaining about exact same bug (memory allocation failure while reading /proc/scsi/gdt/xxx
Do you have a card around so we can test?
Thanks
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 06:14:08PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 02:48:40PM +0200, Ingo Freund wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I hope you guys can help, I cannot use any kernel 2.4 >23 without > > the here described problem. > > > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > > strange error messages concerning memory allocation > > > > searching teh web for solutions to my problem I have already found > > a thread in a mailing list but no solution was mentioned, also the > > guys who talked about the error didn't answer to my direct mail. > > > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > > The machine is a database server without any other service except sshd > > running. I do some tests on the ICP-Vortex GDT controller every 2 minutes. > > by using > > # cat /proc/scsi/gdt/2 > > but the output of cat stops without beeing completed. > > > > This is what I see in the syslog file every time when I use the cat > > command (the messages beginn after 3 days uptime): > > --> /var/log/messages > > kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x21/0) > > Ingo, > > I've seen another report like this one - I'm convinced there > is something odd with the gdth proc handling code. > > Can you "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/vm_gfp_debug" and > rerun the "cat /proc/scsi/gdt/2" please? > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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