Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-26 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > We can add an allocation flag (__GFP_NO_CRITICAL?) which can be used by > > sg_low_malloc() (and other non critical allocations) to fail previously > > and not print the message. > > It is just for debugging. The message can go. If anytbing it would be

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-26 Thread Alan Cox
> We can add an allocation flag (__GFP_NO_CRITICAL?) which can be used by > sg_low_malloc() (and other non critical allocations) to fail previously > and not print the message. It is just for debugging. The message can go. If anytbing it would be more useful to tack Failed alloc data on the end

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-26 Thread Alan Cox
We can add an allocation flag (__GFP_NO_CRITICAL?) which can be used by sg_low_malloc() (and other non critical allocations) to fail previously and not print the message. It is just for debugging. The message can go. If anytbing it would be more useful to tack Failed alloc data on the end of

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-26 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote: We can add an allocation flag (__GFP_NO_CRITICAL?) which can be used by sg_low_malloc() (and other non critical allocations) to fail previously and not print the message. It is just for debugging. The message can go. If anytbing it would be more

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-25 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > The way sg_low_malloc() tries to allocate, failure messages are > pretty much garanteed. It tries high order allocations (which > are unreliable even when not stressed) and backs off until it > succeeds. > > In other words, the messages are a red

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-25 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, I Discovered, something strange. I put in a blank new CD-R, so these errors are not of concern? (In which case why have the kernel log get spewed with them if they are guaranteed to happen?) Shawn. -- Hugged a Tux today? (tm) On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: > The way

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-25 Thread Shawn Starr
Well, I Discovered, something strange. I put in a blank new CD-R, so these errors are not of concern? (In which case why have the kernel log get spewed with them if they are guaranteed to happen?) Shawn. -- Hugged a Tux today? (tm) On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: The way

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-25 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mike Galbraith wrote: The way sg_low_malloc() tries to allocate, failure messages are pretty much garanteed. It tries high order allocations (which are unreliable even when not stressed) and backs off until it succeeds. In other words, the messages are a red

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Mike Galbraith
The way sg_low_malloc() tries to allocate, failure messages are pretty much garanteed. It tries high order allocations (which are unreliable even when not stressed) and backs off until it succeeds. In other words, the messages are a red herring. -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Right now before OOPS: Mem:62244K av, 61292K used, 952K free, 0K shrd,1496K buff Swap: 467444K av, 37344K used, 430100K free 29528K cached I got a lot of things running, several daemons, netscape, and other things. I put a 400MB swap for now just to help

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 05:31:55PM -0500, Shawn Starr escreveu: > Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. > I just usually use the sysq and dump but its ugly ;-) http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/ksymoops-2.4.0.tar.bz2 - Arnaldo - To

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. I just usually use the sysq and dump but its ugly ;-) Shawn. Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > > > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. > > Feb 23

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. > Feb 23 21:17:47

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. I just usually use the sysq and dump but its ugly ;-) Shawn. Marcelo Tosatti wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 05:31:55PM -0500, Shawn Starr escreveu: Doing so..., Im not sure hot to use ksymoops or where to get that program. I just usually use the sysq and dump but its ugly ;-) http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/ksymoops-2.4.0.tar.bz2 - Arnaldo - To

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Mike Galbraith
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Shawn Starr wrote: Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Shawn Starr
Right now before OOPS: Mem:62244K av, 61292K used, 952K free, 0K shrd,1496K buff Swap: 467444K av, 37344K used, 430100K free 29528K cached I got a lot of things running, several daemons, netscape, and other things. I put a 400MB swap for now just to help

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-24 Thread Mike Galbraith
The way sg_low_malloc() tries to allocate, failure messages are pretty much garanteed. It tries high order allocations (which are unreliable even when not stressed) and backs off until it succeeds. In other words, the messages are a red herring. -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-23 Thread Shawn Starr
Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation

Re: [ANOMALIES]: 2.4.2 - __alloc_pages: failed - Patch failed

2001-02-23 Thread Shawn Starr
Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. Feb 23 21:17:47 coredump kernel: __alloc_pages: 3-order allocation