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Subject: Re: ENOMEM in do_get_write_access, retrying
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"Bikram Assal" <bikram.assal@wku.edu> wrote:
>
> The kernel version installed on the server is 2.4.18-5
> 
> Would that be a problem ? Do I need to upgrade my kernel ?
> 
> Since the memory doesn't seem to be a problem apparently, what should be my next step to check the flaw.
> 
> Although this happened only once, this could lead to a possible problem.

It's just a warning.  The filesystem retries the allocation and it succeeded.  There's
nothing you need to do.