From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
To: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Subject: Re: OOM-killer and strange RSS value in 3.9-rc7
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:43:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130419164310.GA29871@dhcp22.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130419023345.GE2672@localhost.localdomain>
[Do not drop people from the CC please]
On Fri 19-04-13 10:33:45, Han Pingtian wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:55:14AM -0700, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > What is the kernel that you are using and what config?
> >
> We are testing a alpha version of a enterprise linux which using a 3.7
> series kernel. On this 3.7 kernel we encountered the oom killer problem. So
> we decide to see if the problem can be reproduced on 3.9-rc7. We
> configured 3.9-rc7 by copying the enterprise linux's config file to
> .config and then run 'make localmodconfig' and pressed enter to all the
> questions. Then the oom problem is reproduced on the 3.9-rc7.
>
> But we also used the same method to config 3.9-rc7 on another company's
> enterprise linux yesterday and found that the problem cannot be
> reproduced there. So maybe the leak is caused by some userspace
> applications?
No application should cause in-kernel mem leak. What is the difference
in the two configs?
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-19 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-16 11:00 Han Pingtian
2013-04-16 20:16 ` David Rientjes
2013-04-17 8:46 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-21 0:49 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-04-22 3:15 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-17 9:47 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-17 14:19 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-18 10:15 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-18 14:17 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-18 16:55 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-18 17:55 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-19 2:33 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-19 16:43 ` Michal Hocko [this message]
2013-04-22 3:18 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-22 11:40 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-23 4:22 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-23 13:15 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-24 4:48 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-24 9:47 ` Michal Hocko
2013-04-24 15:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-25 6:07 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-25 17:17 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-27 8:20 ` Will Huck
2013-04-29 14:49 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-05-01 3:13 ` Will Huck
2013-05-02 15:10 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-25 18:24 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-26 6:24 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-26 14:42 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-27 11:24 ` Han Pingtian
2013-04-29 14:50 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-04-29 14:57 ` Michal Hocko
2013-05-02 10:56 ` Han Pingtian
2013-05-02 15:10 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-05-03 3:03 ` Han Pingtian
2013-05-03 15:25 ` Christoph Lameter
2013-05-03 15:34 ` Michal Hocko
2013-05-03 16:16 ` Christoph Lameter
[not found] ` <52bd58da.2501440a.6368.16ddSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
[not found] ` <52caac5c.27cb440a.533d.ffffbbd2SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2014-01-21 22:12 ` David Rientjes
2013-04-25 5:41 ` Han Pingtian
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