From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: abrink@ns.brink.cx (Andrew Brink)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Getting Out of Memory errors at random intervals.
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:09:14 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16Pugc-0008QL-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020113233647.GA1198@ns.brink.cx> from "Andrew Brink" at Jan 13, 2002 05:36:47 PM
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 11:45:42PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Run something that has a sane VM in all the known awkward cases (eg the Red Hat
> > 2.4.9 tree) and you should be just fine. If not I'd be interested to know
>
> I take it the vanilla 2.4.9 would also do?
Nothing like it. The 2.4.9-RH tree is very different VM wise from the 2.4.9
base tree. Linus never took the VM updates from it.
> > Andrea -aa vm patches or Rik's rmap-11b patch. Both of which seem to help
> > no end.
>
> As for High loads....these boxes don't even get a load.
I suspect they are - possibly only a sudden sharp burst of web traffic
causing a lot of cgi/mysql/apache process activity.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-13 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-13 23:26 Andrew Brink
2002-01-13 23:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-13 23:36 ` Andrew Brink
2002-01-14 0:09 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2002-01-14 0:30 ` Andrew Brink
2002-01-14 0:44 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 0:39 ` Andrew Brink
2002-01-14 0:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 0:45 ` Andrew Brink
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