Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261768AbUJYMDg (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:03:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261770AbUJYMDg (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:03:36 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:33155 "HELO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261768AbUJYMDd (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:03:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:03:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p500 To: Nick Piggin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.9 Page Allocation Failures w/TSO+rollup.patch In-Reply-To: <417CE49B.4060308@yahoo.com.au> Message-ID: References: <417CE49B.4060308@yahoo.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1596 Lines: 49 It does not cause any noticable problems that I know of, I guess it is just a bit disturbing. > Anyway, how often are you getting the messages? It depends what I am doing, sometimes they happen after 20-30 minutes, othertimes it takes a day or two. > How many ethernet cards in the system? There are 4 ethernet cards in the system. 1) 3c905b (on-board) 2) 3c905b (PCI) 3) 3c900 Combo (PCI) 4) Intel 82541GI/PI (PCI) > Can you run a kernel with sysrq support, and do `SysRq+M` > (close to when the allocation failure happens if possible, but > otherwise on a normally running system after it has been up > for a while). Then send in the dmesg. Ok, I will try this. On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Nick Piggin wrote: > Justin Piszcz wrote: >> I guess people who get this should just stick with 2.6.8.1? >> > > Does it cause any noticable problems? If not, then stay with > 2.6.9. > > However, it would be nice to get to the bottom of it. It might > just be happening by chance on 2.6.9 but not 2.6.8.1 though... > > Anyway, how often are you getting the messages? How many > ethernet cards in the system? > > Can you run a kernel with sysrq support, and do `SysRq+M` > (close to when the allocation failure happens if possible, but > otherwise on a normally running system after it has been up > for a while). Then send in the dmesg. > > Thanks, > Nick > - 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/