Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755909AbcKVQGj (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:06:39 -0500 Received: from magic.merlins.org ([209.81.13.136]:49189 "EHLO mail1.merlins.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752360AbcKVQGi (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:06:38 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:06:29 -0800 From: Marc MERLIN To: Vlastimil Babka Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Michal Hocko , Linus Torvalds , LKML , Joonsoo Kim , Tejun Heo Message-ID: <20161122160629.uzt2u6m75ash4ved@merlins.org> References: <20161121154336.GD19750@merlins.org> <0d4939f3-869d-6fb8-0914-5f74172f8519@suse.cz> <20161121215639.GF13371@merlins.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161121215639.GF13371@merlins.org> X-Sysadmin: BOFH X-URL: http://marc.merlins.org/ User-Agent: NeoMutt/20160916 (1.7.0) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 173.11.111.145 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: marc@merlins.org X-Spam-Report: * -2.9 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * -1.5 GREYLIST_ISWHITE The incoming server has been whitelisted for this * receipient and sender Subject: Re: 4.8.8 kernel trigger OOM killer repeatedly when I have lots of RAM that should be free Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1213 Lines: 26 On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 01:56:39PM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:50:20PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > > 4.9rc5 however seems to be doing better, and is still running after 18 > > > hours. However, I got a few page allocation failures as per below, but the > > > system seems to recover. > > > Vlastimil, do you want me to continue the copy on 4.9 (may take 3-5 days) > > > or is that good enough, and i should go back to 4.8.8 with that patch applied? > > > https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=147423605024993 > > > > Hi, I think it's enough for 4.9 for now and I would appreciate trying > > 4.8 with that patch, yeah. > > So the good news is that it's been running for almost 5H and so far so good. And the better news is that the copy is still going strong, 4.4TB and going. So 4.8.8 is fixed with that one single patch as far as I'm concerned. So thanks for that, looks good to me to merge. Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | PGP 1024R/763BE901