Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261255AbVCOOMy (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:12:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261256AbVCOOMy (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:12:54 -0500 Received: from ns1.g-housing.de ([62.75.136.201]:51095 "EHLO mail.g-house.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261255AbVCOOMw (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:12:52 -0500 Message-ID: <4236ED5F.9020301@g-house.de> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:12:47 +0100 From: Christian Kujau User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050212) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel CC: Mauricio Lin , elenstev@mesatop.com Subject: Re: oom with 2.6.11 References: <422DC2F1.7020802@g-house.de> <3f250c710503090518526d8b90@mail.gmail.com> <3f250c7105030905415cab5192@mail.gmail.com> <422F016A.2090107@g-house.de> <423063DB.40905@g-house.de> <3f250c7105031101016d7cb08e@mail.gmail.com> <4231B4A4.4050207@g-house.de> <3f250c7105031500527007a0e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3f250c7105031500527007a0e7@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1615 Lines: 44 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mauricio Lin wrote: >>> >>>Did this problem start from 2.6.11-rc2-bk10? >> >>i noticed it first at 2.6.11, then again with 2.6.11-rc5-bk2. suspecting >>pppd to be the culprit to chew up all RAM after being terminated by my ISP >>once a day - i just have to wait (must be around 2a.m.). > > Have you tried with 2.6.10 in order to check this problem? i don't think i've run plain 2.6.10 at all, syslog does not say so. i've run several versions of 2.6.9, then 2.6.10-rc1, 2.6.10-rc1-bk19, 2.6.10-rc2-bk9, 2.6.10-rc3-bk11, 2.6.11-rc2-bk10, 2.6.11-rc5-bk2. as stated earlier, the problem kicked in when i switched to 2.6.11, i switched back to 2.6.11-rc5-bk2 and it happened again. by looking at the syslog i am (still) suspecting pppd to be the source of OOM, but it did not show up as a memory pig in "ps". i am running 2.6.11.3 now and the machine survived almost 2 passes of pppd's daily hangups. i'll keep an eye on it. thank you for your concern, Christian. - -- BOFH excuse #357: I'd love to help you -- it's just that the Boss won't let me near the computer. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCNu1e+A7rjkF8z0wRAmSPAJ49erb21bO6inHPn/zoUH2gNHJk8QCguYDA HyzXS9whrJnb9eXVz9IP8zc= =zhEx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/