Bug#307457: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp: running into oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0 often
hello,
On Tue, 03 May 2005, Toni Mueller wrote:
> On Tue, 03.05.2005 at 17:02:22 +0200, maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at> wrote:
<snipp>
> >
> > in oom cases 2.6.11 is very recommended as it has nice fixes from -aa
> > in that release.
>
> thanks for this statement. I almost assumed as much after some research
> on Google... some remarks, though:
>
> I have an identical machine running 2.6.10 with no problems. Why does
> one machine exhibit this problem, and the other doesn't?
have you checked the ratio in /proc/sys/vm/swappiness on both?
see on the topic http://kerneltrap.org/node/3000
60 is default iirc
beside this no idea.
> > do you have enough swap, is it activated?
>
> $ free
> total used free shared buffers
> cached
> Mem: 1033256 505200 528056 0 118348
> 168228
> -/+ buffers/cache: 218624 814632
> Swap: 2104220 0 2104220
>
>
> Should be sufficient... ;-)
yes, is aboves 0 after boot,
what happens if you eat up memory resulting in a swap storm,
does the swap get used?
regards.
--
maks
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