From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:23:12 -0400 Received: from oe23.pav1.hotmail.com ([64.4.30.80]:51207 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:22:56 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [12.19.166.64] From: "Dan Mann" To: "Juan" , "kernel list" In-Reply-To: <3BB0F483.69929A79@ditec.um.es> Subject: Re: Bad, bad, bad VM behaviour in 2.4.10 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:23:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Sep 2001 15:23:17.0381 (UTC) FILETIME=[2ABC4350:01C1469F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I get the same thing. I have perfect behavior with the stock RedHat 7.2 kernel. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan" To: "kernel list" Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:17 PM Subject: Bad, bad, bad VM behaviour in 2.4.10 Hi! My test is very simple. I have started X-Window and XMMS in order to listen to some songs. Then, I have executed dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=/dev/null as root within a terminal, and I have got the following a few seconds later: Sep 25 22:05:55 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost last message repeated 2 times Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0xf0/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost last message repeated 2 times Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost kernel: VM: killing process xmms Sep 25 22:06:00 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost last message repeated 11 times Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: VM: killing process xmms Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: VM: killing process kmix Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost last message repeated 2 times Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0xf0/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost last message repeated 3 times Sep 25 22:06:04 localhost kernel: VM: killing process gpm Sep 25 22:06:05 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:06 localhost last message repeated 6 times sep 25 22:06:06 localhost su(pam_unix)[2548]: session closed for user root Sep 25 22:06:06 localhost kernel: VM: killing process sendmail Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: VM: killing process konsole Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: VM: killing process named Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: VM: killing process xmms Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost last message repeated 3 times Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: VM: killing process ksmserver Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:07 localhost kernel: VM: killing process kdeinit Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: VM: killing process X Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0xf0/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 f60 Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost last message repeated 2 times Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: VM: killing process kdeinit Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:08 localhost kernel: VM: killing process startkde Sep 25 22:06:09 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:09 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 Sep 25 22:06:09 localhost kernel: VM: killing process named Sep 25 22:06:09 localhost kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) from c012ff60 The /dev/hdc1 partition capacity is 6 GB. My root partition is on /dev/hda5. My computer is a Pentium III with 384 MB of RAM. BTW, the same test in 2.4.6 works fine without any problem. Regards. -- D. Juan Piernas Cánovas Departamento de Ingeniería y Tecnología de Computadores Facultad de Informática. Universidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo - 30080 Murcia (SPAIN) Tel.: +34968367657 Fax: +34968364151 email: piernas@ditec.um.es PGP public key: http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?search=piernas%40ditec.um.es&op=index - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/