Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932226AbXAVSrT (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:47:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932221AbXAVSrT (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:47:19 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:2563 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932224AbXAVSrS (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:47:18 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:37:35 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Justin Piszcz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2 Message-ID: <20070122133735.GB4493@ucw.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 819 Lines: 21 On Sun 2007-01-21 14:27:34, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Why does copying an 18GB on a 74GB raptor raid1 cause the kernel to invoke > the OOM killer and kill all of my processes? > > Doing this on a single disk 2.6.19.2 is OK, no issues. However, this > happens every time! > > Anything to try? Any other output needed? Can someone shed some light on > this situation? Is it highmem-related? Can you try it with mem=256M? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.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/