On 6/14/05, Khanh Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kernel is 2.6.8. I'm running SuSE 9.2 (2.6.8-24.14). > > I chose XFS because I read on a MythTV thread somewhere that it handled > large files well.
It, and JFS both do. I haven't seen your error reported with JFS. Does SuSE offer a newer kernel? 2.6.11 would be good. > > -Khanh > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fedor Pikus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythbackend: page allocation failure > > > > On 6/14/05, Khanh Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I keep getting the following errors in my kernel messages. Also, > > > playback from pre-recorded files is starting to get unstable. > > > Mythcommflag processes also seem to never end. Can anyone tell me > > > what's going on and how to fix this? > > > > Which kernel version? There are bugs filed against XFS with similar > > problems, seems to be a known issue occuring with XFS under high > > loads. It is *supposed* to be recoverable, but it will pause your > > system for several seconds, probably not good for recording in real > > time. Commflagger may get confused by pauses and takes forever trying > > to slice your recordings to ribbons. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > mythbackend: page allocation failure. order:4, mode:0x50 > > > [<c013a790>] __alloc_pages+0x400/0x470 > > > [<c013a818>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x30 > > > [<c013d569>] kmem_getpages+0x19/0xb0 > > > [<c013e084>] cache_grow+0x84/0x120 > > > [<c013e24a>] cache_alloc_refill+0x12a/0x1e0 > > > [<c013e66c>] __kmalloc+0x5c/0x60 > > > [<ece14650>] kmem_alloc+0x50/0xc0 [xfs] > > > [<ece14747>] kmem_realloc+0x17/0x60 [xfs] > > > [<ecdf69c7>] xfs_iext_realloc+0x87/0xe0 [xfs] > > > [<ecdcf025>] xfs_bmap_insert_exlist+0x25/0x70 [xfs] > > > [<ecdc9bd6>] xfs_bmap_add_extent_delay_real+0x7f6/0x1310 [xfs] > > > [<ece0af94>] xfs_trans_log_inode+0x14/0x40 [xfs] > > > [<ecdcd207>] xfs_bmap_alloc+0xf77/0x1b00 [xfs] > > > [<ecdd7aba>] xfs_bmbt_get_state+0xa/0x20 [xfs] > > > [<ecdc93cc>] xfs_bmap_add_extent+0x3fc/0x410 [xfs] > > > [<ece147cb>] kmem_zone_alloc+0x3b/0x90 [xfs] > > > [<ecdd0feb>] xfs_bmapi+0x73b/0x1710 [xfs] > > > [<ecdf9898>] xfs_iomap_write_delay+0x638/0x7b0 [xfs] > > > [<ecdd7aba>] xfs_bmbt_get_state+0xa/0x20 [xfs] > > > [<ecdcf481>] xfs_bmap_do_search_extents+0x121/0x440 [xfs] > > > [<ecdf9c24>] xfs_iomap_write_allocate+0x214/0x4a0 [xfs] > > > [<c02436da>] elv_merged_request+0xa/0x10 > > > [<c024668e>] __make_request+0x4be/0x4d0 > > > [<ecdf8ab7>] xfs_iomap+0x157/0x440 [xfs] > > > [<ecdf8d91>] xfs_iomap+0x431/0x440 [xfs] > > > [<c0155426>] bio_alloc+0xc6/0x1b0 > > > [<ece1be8a>] xfs_bmap+0x1a/0x20 [xfs] > > > [<ece14999>] xfs_map_blocks+0x29/0x50 [xfs] > > > [<ece15741>] xfs_page_state_convert+0x491/0x5a0 [xfs] > > > [<c01d1220>] radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag+0x40/0x60 > > > [<ece15d1f>] linvfs_writepage+0x4f/0xe0 [xfs] > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Fedor G Pikus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > http://www.pikus.net > > http://wild-light.com > > > -- Fedor G Pikus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.pikus.net http://wild-light.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
