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SubjectRe: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2
On Mon 2007-01-22 13:48:44, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > On Sun 2007-01-21 14:27:34, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > > Why does copying an 18GB on a 74GB raptor raid1 cause the kernel to invoke
> > > the OOM killer and kill all of my processes?
> > >
> > > Doing this on a single disk 2.6.19.2 is OK, no issues. However, this
> > > happens every time!
> > >
> > > Anything to try? Any other output needed? Can someone shed some light on
> > > this situation?
> >
> > Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M?
> >
> > Pavel
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> I will give this a try later or tomorrow, I cannot have my machine crash
> at the moment.
>
> Also, the onboard video on the Intel 965 chipset uses 128MB, not sure if
> that has anything to do with it because after the system kill -9's all the
> processes etc, my terminal looks like garbage.

That looks like separate problem. Switch to text mode console (vgacon,
not fbcon) for tests.
Pavel

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