Bug#307457: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686-smp: running into oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0 often

[Toni Mueller <support@oeko.net>]

Hi,

On Tue, 03.05.2005 at 17:02:22 +0200, maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 May 2005, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > On Tue, 03.05.2005 at 12:16:51 +0200, maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> > oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0
> > oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
> > oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x4d0
> > 
> > > anyway please try kernel-image-2.6.11 from unstable!
> > 
> > This is currently impossible, due to #306930. Currently, I try to fix
> > this (ie, create a local kernel-nonfree-... package).
> 
> 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?

> here you'lll find the intersting non-free bits:
>  http://www.acm.cs.rpi.edu/~dilinger/kernel-source-nonfree-2.6.11/

Thanks, this may speed things up considerably.

> 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... ;-)


Best,
--Toni++