Re: [PATCH] allow kernel module exclusion on load

2007-05-13 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:25:17 +0300 > Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Kernel developers might find it useful for quickly getting out from some >> rough debugging scenarios. >> >> Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > There is already the modprobe blacklist ability in

Please assist in locating NFS race in old vendor kernel

2007-05-09 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Hello. I'm currently working with an embedded system based on very old, 2.4.17-based, vendor kernel. Among other issues, there is a race in NFS code, that I'm currently trying to understand and fix. The race is the following. Some i/o is done on a file located on NFS-mounted filesystem. At som

OOM killer activations when there is plenty of memory and swap available

2005-03-21 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Hello. I've just suffered a server crash, related to OOM killer. Server is a dual-xeon, and is used to provide remote desktops to terminals, and normally runs some services and 10-15 KDE sessions. The server has 6G of ram and 7G of swap space, running Debian kernel 2.6.10 recompiled with highm