The calculations that set vm.min_free_kbytes are too parsimonious. This leads to log messages that start with the text:
fooprog: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x4020 and go on for dozens of lines. By doubling the value set in vm.min_free_kbytes I was able to squelch those messages. See https://gist.github.com/790577 https://gist.github.com/792128 https://gist.github.com/790584 for log messages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 Title: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs