Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:13:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:13:26 -0500 Received: from 24.68.61.66.on.wave.home.com ([24.68.61.66]:36868 "HELO sh0n.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:13:18 -0500 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:13:11 -0500 (EST) From: Shawn Starr To: Mike Galbraith cc: lkm Subject: Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Well, I Discovered, something strange. I put in a blank new CD-R, so these errors are not of concern? (In which case why have the kernel log get spewed with them if they are guaranteed to happen?) Shawn. -- Hugged a Tux today? (tm) On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > The way sg_low_malloc() tries to allocate, failure messages are > pretty much garanteed. It tries high order allocations (which > are unreliable even when not stressed) and backs off until it > succeeds. > > In other words, the messages are a red herring. > > -Mike > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/