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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
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
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:37:35 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070122133735.GB4493@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701211424170.2552@p34.internal.lan>

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
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-22 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-21 19:27 2.6.20-rc5: cp 18gb 18gb.2 = OOM killer, reproducible just like 2.16.19.2 Justin Piszcz
2007-01-22 13:37 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2007-01-22 18:48   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-22 23:47     ` Pavel Machek
2007-01-24 23:39     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-24 23:42       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  0:32       ` Pavel Machek
2007-01-25  0:36         ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  0:58         ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  9:08         ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25 22:34           ` Mark Hahn
2007-01-26  0:22             ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-22 19:57 ` Andrew Morton
2007-01-22 20:20   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-23  0:37   ` Donald Douwsma
2007-01-23  1:12     ` Andrew Morton
2007-01-24 23:40   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  0:10   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  0:36     ` Nick Piggin
2007-01-25 11:11       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  1:21     ` Bill Cizek
2007-01-25 11:13       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-01-25  0:34   ` Justin Piszcz

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