Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932310AbXAVXsR (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:48:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932304AbXAVXsQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:48:16 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:33866 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932294AbXAVXsQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:48:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:47:59 +0100 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: <20070122234759.GF17637@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20070122133735.GB4493@ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1745 Lines: 46 On Mon 2007-01-22 13:48:44, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > 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-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > I will give this a try later or tomorrow, I cannot have my machine crash > at the moment. > > Also, the onboard video on the Intel 965 chipset uses 128MB, not sure if > that has anything to do with it because after the system kill -9's all the > processes etc, my terminal looks like garbage. That looks like separate problem. Switch to text mode console (vgacon, not fbcon) for tests. 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/