Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:24:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:23:42 -0500 Received: from ns1.uklinux.net ([212.1.130.11]:56586 "EHLO s1.uklinux.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:23:21 -0500 Envelope-To: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:26:35 +0000 (GMT) From: James Stevenson To: Linux Kernel Subject: VM problem with 2.2.18 ? 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 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 -- --------------------------------------------- Check Out: http://stev.org E-Mail: mistral@stev.org 10:40pm up 14 days, 10:46, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.07, 0.03 - 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/