Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:11:16 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Richard Mittendorfer <delist@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [swsusp] not enough memory
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On Sat 18-02-06 00:58:14, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> Hi *,
> 
> On my 64MB notebook I get the following message, when going swsusp:
> 
> ..
> swsusp: Need to copy 15526 pages
> swsusp: Not enough free memory
> Error -12 suspending
> ..
> 
> # free
>              total     used     free   shared    buffers   cached
> Mem:         62760    59884     2876        0       3828    16052
> -/+ buffers/cache:    40004    22756
> Swap:       200804    30316   170488
> 
> If I end all apps but the XServer it works. I've allready added some
> more swapspace, but that didn't help. So, how much memory will I need
> for a successful suspend or better (since i can't stuff any more into 
> it) is there a way to minimize the amount needed?

128MB should be enough for you. Or try modifying try_to_free memory routine to
retry shrink_all_mem few more times, with schedule()  in between...
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