Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.
Stephan Kulka <e9626471@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>Felix Natter wrote:
>> I get the above message on a tty
>> (VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd)
>> when there is much load on a debian 2.2 system.
>>
>> What exactly does it mean ? (not enough swap-space ?)
>> Is there a way to avoid this ?
>
>I had the same problem (in fact I still have it sometimes) and I found
>out that it is a known bug in debian (there is a bug filed).
More accurately, it's a known bug in the Linux kernel (specifically,
version 2.2.17, I think, and possibly certain 2.4.0-test versions as
well). I'm told 2.2.18 will fix it.
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Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]
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