Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261601AbVEZQhe (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 12:37:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261604AbVEZQhd (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 12:37:33 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:36549 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261601AbVEZQhb (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2005 12:37:31 -0400 Subject: Re: getting eth1: Memory squeeze, dropping packet message From: Lee Revell To: cranium2003 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050526143926.69208.qmail@web33010.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050526143926.69208.qmail@web33010.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:37:23 -0400 Message-Id: <1117125443.6261.35.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 22 On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 07:39 -0700, cranium2003 wrote: > Hello, > While transmitting packets through linux Router > host from one network to another Redhat linux 9 kernel > 2.4.20-8 caught kernel oops following there are 2 > statements which are > __alloc_pages: 0 order allocation failed (gfp = > 0x20/1) > eth1: Memory squeeze, dropping packet > What this means? where is the wrong thing in kenrel? > How to solve this problem? That just means you ran low on memory so the router dropped a packet. Get more RAM, or handle fewer packets ;-) Lee - 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/