2004-09-25 11:57:29

by Borislav Petkov

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Subject: OOM-killer killed everything

Hi there,

I just started burning an audio cd with cdrecord, ran it as root because of
the SUID changes in 2.6.8 when this big bad guy by the name of OOM-killer
appeared and started killing everything :) I don't know whether the spurious
interrupt issue has something to do with it but according to what I've read
on lkml about it until now, it is supposed to be quite harmless. Sysinfo
+ .config attached.

Regards,
Boris.



Sep 25 12:56:31 gollum kernel: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. <----
Sep 25 13:06:46 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:06:49 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: Free pages: 3168kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: Active:659 inactive:558 dirty:0 writeback:1
unstable:0 free:792 slab:2429 mapped:1020 pagetables:390
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: DMA free:1488kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:4kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:06:50 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:06:58 gollum kernel: Normal free:1680kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2636kB inactive:2228kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: DMA: 14*4kB 3*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1488kB
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: Normal: 70*4kB 11*8kB 22*16kB 4*32kB 3*64kB
1*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1680kB
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 49393, delete 49182, find
1609/3363, race 0+0
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2731
(mozilla-bin).
Sep 25 13:07:01 gollum kernel: iller: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2140kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:513 inactive:619 dirty:0 writeback:14
unstable:0 free:535 slab:2261 mapped:1028 pagetables:300
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:720kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2052kB inactive:2476kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 20*4kB 16*8kB 4*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB
1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 720kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 91463, delete 91341, find
2956/11878, race 3+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2740
(gnome-terminal).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2268kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:774 inactive:330 dirty:0 writeback:14
unstable:0 free:567 slab:2255 mapped:1033 pagetables:292
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:848kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:3096kB inactive:1320kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 38*4kB 7*8kB 2*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 848kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 94006, delete 93865, find
3056/12485, race 3+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2553 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2268kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:640 inactive:469 dirty:0 writeback:8
unstable:0 free:567 slab:2256 mapped:1029 pagetables:292
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:848kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2560kB inactive:1876kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 38*4kB 15*8kB 8*16kB 2*32kB 0*64kB
1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 848kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 96420, delete 96289, find
3151/13069, race 3+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2718 (xmms).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2268kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:699 inactive:409 dirty:0 writeback:13
unstable:0 free:567 slab:2256 mapped:1032 pagetables:292
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:848kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2796kB inactive:1636kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 58*4kB 13*8kB 2*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 848kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 99237, delete 99105, find
3262/13700, race 4+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2719 (xmms).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2460kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:879 inactive:176 dirty:0 writeback:1
unstable:0 free:615 slab:2255 mapped:1019 pagetables:292
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:1040kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:3516kB inactive:704kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 66*4kB 13*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1040kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 101519, delete 101408, find
3345/14242, race 4+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2737 (xmms).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2396kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:676 inactive:429 dirty:0 writeback:10
unstable:0 free:599 slab:2247 mapped:1029 pagetables:286
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1420kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:976kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2704kB inactive:1716kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 3*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1420kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 46*4kB 15*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 976kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 104201, delete 104073, find
3458/14859, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2717 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2152kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:651 inactive:472 dirty:0 writeback:9
unstable:0 free:538 slab:2238 mapped:1027 pagetables:278
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1432kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:8kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:720kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2596kB inactive:1888kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 6*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1432kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 18*4kB 1*8kB 2*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 720kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 107032, delete 106919, find
3554/15477, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2995 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2452kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:931 inactive:144 dirty:0 writeback:6
unstable:0 free:613 slab:2229 mapped:1024 pagetables:270
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1412kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:4kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:1040kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:3720kB inactive:576kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 1*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1412kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 56*4kB 18*8kB 4*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1040kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 110062, delete 109933, find
3642/16083, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2558 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2320kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:673 inactive:467 dirty:0 writeback:6
unstable:0 free:580 slab:2227 mapped:1025 pagetables:262
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1408kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:4kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:912kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2688kB inactive:1868kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1408kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 18*4kB 15*8kB 7*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 912kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 112794, delete 112687, find
3744/16718, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2968 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2572kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:896 inactive:183 dirty:0 writeback:7
unstable:0 free:643 slab:2227 mapped:1023 pagetables:262
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1404kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:4kB inactive:0kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:1168kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:3580kB inactive:732kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 1*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1404kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 96*4kB 6*8kB 8*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1168kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 115393, delete 115260, find
3836/17305, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2505 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2380kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:650 inactive:494 dirty:0 writeback:21
unstable:0 free:595 slab:2226 mapped:1031 pagetables:254
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1404kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:4kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:976kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2600kB inactive:1972kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 1*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1404kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 56*4kB 18*8kB 2*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 976kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 118164, delete 118023, find
3931/17938, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2551 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2176kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:677 inactive:522 dirty:0 writeback:9
unstable:0 free:544 slab:2227 mapped:1039 pagetables:246
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1392kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:4kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:784kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2708kB inactive:2084kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1392kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 0*4kB 4*8kB 9*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 784kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 120986, delete 120852, find
4043/18638, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2548 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1d2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2616kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:653 inactive:408 dirty:0 writeback:6
unstable:0 free:654 slab:2229 mapped:1023 pagetables:246
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1384kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:4kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:1232kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:2612kB inactive:1628kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 1*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 86*4kB 23*8kB 6*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1232kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 123892, delete 123765, find
4173/19386, race 5+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2500 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: oom-killer: gfp_mask=0xd2
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 2, high 6, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal per-cpu:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel:
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Free pages: 2224kB (0kB HighMem)
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Active:800 inactive:408 dirty:0 writeback:3
unstable:0 free:556 slab:2230 mapped:1020 pagetables:238
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA free:1376kB min:20kB low:40kB high:60kB
active:0kB inactive:4kB present:16384kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 10 358 358
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal free:848kB min:696kB low:1392kB
high:2088kB active:3200kB inactive:1628kB present:507136kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 348 348
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:256kB high:384kB
active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 0*128kB
1*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1376kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Normal: 0*4kB 8*8kB 11*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 848kB
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: HighMem: empty
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Swap cache: add 126691, delete 126587, find
4250/20058, race 6+0
Sep 25 13:07:02 gollum kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 2503 (kdeinit).
Sep 25 13:07:14 gollum shutdown[3273]: shutting down for system reboot


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2004-09-25 12:47:56

by William Lee Irwin III

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Subject: Re: OOM-killer killed everything

On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:26:13PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> I just started burning an audio cd with cdrecord, ran it as root because of
> the SUID changes in 2.6.8 when this big bad guy by the name of OOM-killer
> appeared and started killing everything :) I don't know whether the spurious
> interrupt issue has something to do with it but according to what I've read
> on lkml about it until now, it is supposed to be quite harmless. Sysinfo
> + .config attached.

Usually I only get "Kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes..."
from local DoS testcases; I'd be surprised if anyone tripped over such
cases by accident unless they're doing something particularly stressful
(e.g. forking server with zillions of clients) or there's a
particularly outrageously offensive memory leak.


-- wli

2004-09-25 12:56:09

by Zwane Mwaikambo

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Subject: Re: OOM-killer killed everything

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:26:13PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > I just started burning an audio cd with cdrecord, ran it as root because of
> > the SUID changes in 2.6.8 when this big bad guy by the name of OOM-killer
> > appeared and started killing everything :) I don't know whether the spurious
> > interrupt issue has something to do with it but according to what I've read
> > on lkml about it until now, it is supposed to be quite harmless. Sysinfo
> > + .config attached.
>
> Usually I only get "Kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes..."
> from local DoS testcases; I'd be surprised if anyone tripped over such
> cases by accident unless they're doing something particularly stressful
> (e.g. forking server with zillions of clients) or there's a
> particularly outrageously offensive memory leak.

The burning CD audio one is a known issue afaik, i've run into it before
too.

Zwane

2004-09-25 12:57:47

by William Lee Irwin III

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Subject: Re: OOM-killer killed everything

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> Usually I only get "Kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable processes..."
>> from local DoS testcases; I'd be surprised if anyone tripped over such
>> cases by accident unless they're doing something particularly stressful
>> (e.g. forking server with zillions of clients) or there's a
>> particularly outrageously offensive memory leak.
>
On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 03:54:59PM +0300, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> The burning CD audio one is a known issue afaik, i've run into it before
> too.

That would be the particularly outrageously offensive memory leak, then.


-- wli

2004-09-25 13:50:24

by Borislav Petkov

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Subject: Re: OOM-killer killed everything

On Saturday 25 September 2004 14:57, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> >> Usually I only get "Kernel panic: Out of memory and no killable
> >> processes..." from local DoS testcases; I'd be surprised if anyone
> >> tripped over such cases by accident unless they're doing something
> >> particularly stressful (e.g. forking server with zillions of clients) or
> >> there's a
> >> particularly outrageously offensive memory leak.
>
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 03:54:59PM +0300, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > The burning CD audio one is a known issue afaik, i've run into it before
> > too.
>
> That would be the particularly outrageously offensive memory leak, then.
>
>
> -- wli

Thanks to you all guys for the help, I've applied the 2 akpm mm3 patches for
the 2.6.8.1. I'll try to repeat the stress test and burn an audio cd at the
same time but I think not freeing pages of unaligned audio frames while
burning an audio cd was the reason for the memory leak.

Regards,
Boris.

2004-09-25 19:38:23

by Alexander E. Patrakov

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Subject: Re: OOM-killer killed everything

Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I just started burning an audio cd with cdrecord, ran it as root because of
> the SUID changes in 2.6.8 when this big bad guy by the name of OOM-killer
> appeared and started killing everything :) I don't know whether the spurious
> interrupt issue has something to do with it but according to what I've read
> on lkml about it until now, it is supposed to be quite harmless. Sysinfo
> + .config attached.
>
> Regards,
> Boris.

Known bug. For the fix, see:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109309119620622&w=2

--
Alexander E. Patrakov