Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262576AbUCOOUa (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:20:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262572AbUCOOUa (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:20:30 -0500 Received: from palace.statslab.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.20.12]:45832 "EHLO palace.statslab.cam.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262576AbUCOOUH (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:20:07 -0500 Subject: PROBLEM: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed messages To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:20:05 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL95 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: From: Eva Myers Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 10862 Lines: 246 [1.] One line summary of the problem: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed messages [2.] Full description of the problem/report: Since I upgraded to 2.4.25, some (not all) of my machines have regularly had messages like the following appearing in their logs: Mar 11 16:18:13 racingdemon kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) Mar 11 16:18:14 racingdemon kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) Mar 11 16:18:14 racingdemon kernel: VM: killing process Sqpe (or processes other than Sqpe). I don't think this happened with 2.4.23, and it definitely didn't happen with any earlier version. [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): [4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): Linux version 2.4.25 (root@barbu) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Wed Feb 25 14:47:41 GMT 2004 [5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) n/a [6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem (if possible) [7.] Environment [7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) Gnu C 2.95.4 Gnu make 3.79.1 util-linux 2.11n mount 2.11n modutils 2.4.15 e2fsprogs 1.27 PPP 2.4.1 Linux C Library 2.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.2.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Modules Loaded 3c59x [7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 699.680 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1395.91 [7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): 3c59x 25008 1 [7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(set) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vesafb 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(set) 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 5000-500f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] 6000-607f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] c000-cfff : PCI Bus #01 c000-c0ff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X d000-d00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE d400-d41f : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB d800-d81f : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (#2) dc00-dcff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller e000-e003 : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller e400-e403 : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller ec00-ec7f : 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] ec00-ec7f : 00:0c.0 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000cc000-000cc7ff : Extension ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-07feffff : System RAM 00100000-00237325 : Kernel code 00237326-002b6d67 : Kernel data 07ff0000-07ff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 07ff3000-07ffffff : ACPI Tables d0000000-d3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] d4000000-d6ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d4000000-d4ffffff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X d4000000-d447ffff : vesafb d6000000-d6000fff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X d8000000-d800007f : 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved [7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable+ DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0084 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=255 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate= [7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) n/a (no SCSI) [7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem (please look in /proc and include all information that you think to be relevant): [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: - 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/