Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752643AbZGGE0k (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:26:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751303AbZGGE0d (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:26:33 -0400 Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.19]:62654 "EHLO vms173019pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750939AbZGGE0c (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:26:32 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Organization: Organization? Not detectable To: Minchan Kim Subject: Re: [Bug #13665] commit 69c854817566 causes OOMs Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:25:50 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (Linux/2.6.30.1; KDE/4.2.4; i686; ; ) Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , "David Howells" , "Wu Fengguang" , Rik van Riel References: <35kKlbXMqWN.A.RXD.D0oUKB@chimera> <20090707130450.cb14f7b9.minchan.kim@barrios-desktop> In-reply-to: <20090707130450.cb14f7b9.minchan.kim@barrios-desktop> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Message-id: <200907070025.51256.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2016 Lines: 55 On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Minchan Kim wrote: >On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 02:01:03 +0200 (CEST) > >"Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: >> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report >> of recent regressions. >> >> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions >> from 2.6.30. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know >> (either way). > >It should be listed. > >I think it is caused by forking process bomb by msgctl11 on LTP. >We can refer old > discussion(http://osdir.com/ml/linux-kernel/2009-07/msg00926.html) > >I think this issue can be solved by >dynamic reclaim throttling patch which is making by Rik. > >After he merges it, Let's test again. > >> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13665 >> Subject : commit 69c854817566 causes OOMs >> Submitter : David Howells >> Date : 2009-06-27 08:12 (10 days old) >> First-Bad-Commit: >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit; >>h=69c854817566db82c362797b4a6521d0b00fe1d8 References : >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/28 >> Handled-By : Wu Fengguang >> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32740/ If I can chime in here, I just had to reboot from 2.6.31-rc2 for the 2nd time in about 24 hours cuz the oom killer killed it. Back on 2.6.30.1 ATM for effects. I have a previous post with traces etc. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. -- Oscar Wilde -- 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/