2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

[David Relson]

This is my first report of a kernel crash, so if there is more information 
wanted, please let me know and I'll do my best to supply it.

I'm running Mandrake 7.2 with a 2.2.18 kernel and GNOME, PIII 500 mhz, 
256MB ram, AIC789x SCSI on mobo, Fujitsu 18GB scsi HD, ATI video card.

This evening, xscreensaver crashed with a message saying (roughly):

	"xscreensaver hypercube had(?) a SIGSEGV"

I had to power down the machine and restart it.  From /var/log/messages the 
last message before the reboot and the first message after the reboot are:

Mar  6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
Mar  6 17:13:04 osage syslogd 1.4-0: restart.

2.2.18 has run for as long as 71 days on this machine (at which point I 
restarted it to include the Sangoma WANROUTER driver, which was NOT running 
at the time of the crash).

I'll be glad to supply any additional info/files.  Just let me know what's 
wanted.

David
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David Relson                   Osage Software Systems, Inc.
relson@osagesoftware.com       Ann Arbor, MI 48103
www.osagesoftware.com          tel:  734.821.8800

Re: 2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

[Thiago Rondon]

> Mar  6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...

Update your kernel to 2.2.19 and try again.

Re: 2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

[David Relson]

Thiago,

I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state.  Is it that much 
better?  Have significant VM problems been fixed?

Thanks.

David


At 08:48 PM 3/6/01, Thiago Rondon wrote:
> > Mar  6 16:35:32 osage kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd...
>
>Update your kernel to 2.2.19 and try again.
>
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Re: 2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

[Thiago Rondon]

> I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state.  Is it that much 
> better?  Have significant VM problems been fixed?

Yes.

Re: 2.2.18 - do_try_to_free_pages failed

[Wayne Whitney]

In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:

> I know that 2.2.19 is still in the -pre state.  [ . . . ]  Have
> significant VM problems been fixed?

Yes, 2.2.19-pre incorporates what was known as Andrea's VM-global
patch, and it is widely reported to fix the exact problem you
mentioned.

Wayne