Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wednesday, December 20, 2000 13:03:00 +0100 Matthias Andree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot > of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of > processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, > master (Postfix super daemon), pvmd3, K applications and so on, I was > unable to log in via ssh, someone on-site has finally reset that machine > this noon to bring it back online. > > How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box > exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X > terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. > > Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? > > The machine is a pentium-MMX with 64 MB RAM with a kernel 2.2.18 that > has these patches/updated drivers (none VM related AFAICS): > > IDE 2.2.18.1209 > I²C 2.5.4 > LM_Sensors 2.5.4 > DC390 2.0e7 > ReiserFS 3.5.28 > If you still see the problem with Andrea's VM global patch (you can get just that one patch from ftp.kernel.org/pub/people/andrea), try cutting JOURNAL_MAX_BATCH in half. This will lower the amount of memory reiserfs is willing to pin in one transaction... -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box > > exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X > > terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. > > > > Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? > > 2.2.19pre2 should resolve that problem I'll give that a try. Thanks to you and Ville Herva for replying. -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
> How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box > exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X > terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. > > Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? 2.2.19pre2 should resolve that problem - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:03:00PM +0100, you [Matthias Andree] claimed: > Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot > of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of > processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, > How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box Almost everybody (including me) who have seen that problem seem to have had it fixed with Andrea Arcangeli's VM-global-7 patch (ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea...). > Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? Yes, Andrea's VM-global-7 is included in pre2. -- v -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, master (Postfix super daemon), pvmd3, K applications and so on, I was unable to log in via ssh, someone on-site has finally reset that machine this noon to bring it back online. How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? The machine is a pentium-MMX with 64 MB RAM with a kernel 2.2.18 that has these patches/updated drivers (none VM related AFAICS): IDE 2.2.18.1209 I²C 2.5.4 LM_Sensors 2.5.4 DC390 2.0e7 ReiserFS 3.5.28 -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, master (Postfix super daemon), pvmd3, K applications and so on, I was unable to log in via ssh, someone on-site has finally reset that machine this noon to bring it back online. How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? The machine is a pentium-MMX with 64 MB RAM with a kernel 2.2.18 that has these patches/updated drivers (none VM related AFAICS): IDE 2.2.18.1209 I²C 2.5.4 LM_Sensors 2.5.4 DC390 2.0e7 ReiserFS 3.5.28 -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:03:00PM +0100, you [Matthias Andree] claimed: Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box Almost everybody (including me) who have seen that problem seem to have had it fixed with Andrea Arcangeli's VM-global-7 patch (ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea...). Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? Yes, Andrea's VM-global-7 is included in pre2. -- v -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? 2.2.19pre2 should resolve that problem - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? 2.2.19pre2 should resolve that problem I'll give that a try. Thanks to you and Ville Herva for replying. -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [2.2.18] VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed
On Wednesday, December 20, 2000 13:03:00 +0100 Matthias Andree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last night, one of your production machines got wedged, I caught a lot of kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ... for a whole range of processes, among them ypbind, klogd, syslogd, xntpd, cron, nscd, X, master (Postfix super daemon), pvmd3, K applications and so on, I was unable to log in via ssh, someone on-site has finally reset that machine this noon to bring it back online. How can I get rid of those do_try_to_free_pages lockups? That box exports root file systems for some SparcStation 2 that are used as X terminals, so it's pretty important I keep that box running. Should I try the most recent 2.2.19-pre? The machine is a pentium-MMX with 64 MB RAM with a kernel 2.2.18 that has these patches/updated drivers (none VM related AFAICS): IDE 2.2.18.1209 I²C 2.5.4 LM_Sensors 2.5.4 DC390 2.0e7 ReiserFS 3.5.28 If you still see the problem with Andrea's VM global patch (you can get just that one patch from ftp.kernel.org/pub/people/andrea), try cutting JOURNAL_MAX_BATCH in half. This will lower the amount of memory reiserfs is willing to pin in one transaction... -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
