Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:34:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:33:56 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:14340 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 13 Oct 2001 15:33:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:44:37 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox Cc: Mikulas Patocka , Rik van Riel , Krzysztof Rusocki , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: %u-order allocation failed Message-ID: <20011008164436.D79@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 11:01:45PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > The difference between memory and vmalloc space is this: you fill up the > > whole memory with cache => memory fragments. You don't fill up the whole > > vmalloc space with anything => vmalloc space doesn't fragment. > > vmalloc space fragments. You fragment address space rather than pages thats > all. Same problem vmalloc space tends to be empty while ram tends to be full. That might be important. Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html. - 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/