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

[maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at>]

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