Hi
i had a small problem with a program i was running
which got stuck in a loop allocing memory by the time i
found out it was doing it these were appearing
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypbind...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for syslogd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypserv...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for esd...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for bash...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for crond...
etc.. etc.. for many more processes
then it all ended in a hangup
i remember hacing these problems around 2.2.14/15 or so
then it never happened again until today
thanks
James
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> i had a small problem with a program i was running
> which got stuck in a loop allocing memory by the time i
> found out it was doing it these were appearing
>
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypbind...
> ...
> etc.. etc.. for many more processes
> then it all ended in a hangup
Patch to 2.2.19pre2 or higher.
http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.2/changes/pre-2.2.19.html
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, James Stevenson wrote:
> Hi
>
> i had a small problem with a program i was running
> which got stuck in a loop allocing memory by the time i
> found out it was doing it these were appearing
>
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypbind...
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for syslogd...
>...
This is a known bug in 2.2.18 that is fixed in the 2.2.19preX kernels
since 2.2.19pre2 .
> thanks
> James
cu
Adrian
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, James Stevenson wrote:
> VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ypbind...
Known problem. It is fixed in 2.2.19-pre3 and newer.
regards,
Rik
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