Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268293AbUIPWtJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:49:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268269AbUIPWtJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:49:09 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:3559 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268304AbUIPWsE (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:48:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:14:08 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Ingo Freund Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, achim@vortex.de Subject: Re: memory allocation error messages in system log Message-ID: <20040916211408.GE12022@logos.cnet> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1438 Lines: 37 On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 02:48:40PM +0200, Ingo Freund wrote: > Hello, > > I hope you guys can help, I cannot use any kernel 2.4 >23 without > the here described problem. > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > strange error messages concerning memory allocation > > searching teh web for solutions to my problem I have already found > a thread in a mailing list but no solution was mentioned, also the > guys who talked about the error didn't answer to my direct mail. > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > The machine is a database server without any other service except sshd > running. I do some tests on the ICP-Vortex GDT controller every 2 minutes. > by using > # cat /proc/scsi/gdt/2 > but the output of cat stops without beeing completed. > > This is what I see in the syslog file every time when I use the cat > command (the messages beginn after 3 days uptime): > --> /var/log/messages > kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x21/0) Ingo, I've seen another report like this one - I'm convinced there is something odd with the gdth proc handling code. Can you "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/vm_gfp_debug" and rerun the "cat /proc/scsi/gdt/2" please? - 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/