Public bug reported:

This error occurs in many processes running on our web servers: apache2,
glusterfsd, kswapd0, rsyslogd, swapper and zabbix_agentd today.

Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608929] __ratelimit: 35 callbacks 
suppressed
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608933] swapper: page allocation failure. 
order:5, mode:0x20
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608937] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 
2.6.32-305-ec2 #9-Ubuntu
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608939] Call Trace:
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608948]  [<c052840d>] ? printk+0x18/0x1b
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608960]  [<c019be6e>] 
__alloc_pages_slowpath+0x46e/0x4a0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608963]  [<c019bfed>] 
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x14d/0x160
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608968]  [<c01c4e65>] T.685+0xe5/0x3a0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608971]  [<c01c531c>] 
cache_alloc_refill+0x1fc/0x230
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608975]  [<c01c54c6>] 
__kmalloc+0x176/0x1a0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608979]  [<c048d9e3>] 
pskb_expand_head+0x53/0x170
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608982]  [<c048f50c>] 
__pskb_pull_tail+0x4c/0x2d0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608987]  [<c04b66d1>] ? 
nf_iterate+0x71/0x90
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608990]  [<c04bffd0>] ? 
dst_output+0x0/0x10
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608993]  [<c049a743>] 
dev_queue_xmit+0x143/0x560
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.608996]  [<c04b6829>] ? 
nf_hook_slow+0x59/0xd0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609000]  [<c04c27df>] 
ip_finish_output+0x12f/0x2c0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609003]  [<c04c2a0f>] ip_output+0x9f/0xb0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609006]  [<c04bffd0>] ? 
dst_output+0x0/0x10
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609008]  [<c04c1bc8>] 
ip_local_out+0x18/0x20
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609011]  [<c04c22e7>] 
ip_queue_xmit+0x147/0x390
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609016]  [<c012a0dc>] ? 
enqueue_entity+0x14c/0x1e0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609022]  [<c01400d7>] ? 
lock_timer_base+0x27/0x50
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609027]  [<c04d4935>] 
tcp_transmit_skb+0x395/0x6e0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609030]  [<c04d252f>] ? 
tcp_clean_rtx_queue+0x5af/0x790
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609033]  [<c04d6d47>] 
tcp_write_xmit+0x167/0x460
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609037]  [<c04d7421>] 
__tcp_push_pending_frames+0x31/0x90
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609040]  [<c04d0166>] 
tcp_data_snd_check+0x26/0xe0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609043]  [<c04d354b>] 
tcp_rcv_established+0x2eb/0x5d0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609046]  [<c04da44d>] 
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xbd/0x130
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609049]  [<c04db1fe>] 
tcp_v4_rcv+0x5fe/0x6f0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609051]  [<c04b66d1>] ? 
nf_iterate+0x71/0x90
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609054]  [<c04b6829>] ? 
nf_hook_slow+0x59/0xd0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609058]  [<c04bda87>] 
ip_local_deliver_finish+0xa7/0x270
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609061]  [<c04bdcd7>] 
ip_local_deliver+0x87/0x90
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609064]  [<c04bd9e0>] ? 
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x0/0x270
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609067]  [<c04bd33b>] 
ip_rcv_finish+0xeb/0x380
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609071]  [<c050ddb8>] ? 
packet_rcv_spkt+0x38/0x140
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609074]  [<c04bd7ee>] ip_rcv+0x21e/0x2e0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609077]  [<c050ddb8>] ? 
packet_rcv_spkt+0x38/0x140
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609080]  [<c049901f>] 
netif_receive_skb+0x39f/0x5c0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609084]  [<c0453fae>] 
netif_poll+0x4ce/0x7b0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609088]  [<c0499a5a>] 
net_rx_action+0x12a/0x270
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609091]  [<c04d82a0>] ? 
tcp_write_timer+0x0/0x200
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609095]  [<c01387fb>] 
__do_softirq+0xab/0x1e0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609099]  [<c01775f7>] ? 
handle_IRQ_event+0x97/0x180
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609102]  [<c01775c4>] ? 
handle_IRQ_event+0x64/0x180
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609105]  [<c01389b5>] do_softirq+0x85/0x90
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609108]  [<c0138acd>] irq_exit+0x2d/0x40
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609111]  [<c0443f55>] 
evtchn_do_upcall+0x1c5/0x1f0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609114]  [<c0136ec8>] ? 
ns_to_timespec+0x38/0x50
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609118]  [<c0104a06>] 
hypervisor_callback+0x4a/0x52
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609121]  [<c0106735>] ? 
xen_safe_halt+0x15/0x40
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609125]  [<c0109e09>] xen_idle+0x29/0x80
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609127]  [<c01034af>] cpu_idle+0x8f/0xc0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609131]  [<c051c793>] rest_init+0x53/0x60
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609136]  [<c06b5c28>] 
start_kernel+0x379/0x37f
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609139]  [<c06b56d9>] ? 
unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1a0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609144]  [<c06b5067>] 
i386_start_kernel+0x67/0x6e
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609150] Mem-Info:
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609152] DMA per-cpu:
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609154] CPU    0: hi:    0, btch:   1 
usd:   0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609156] CPU    1: hi:    0, btch:   1 
usd:   0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609157] Normal per-cpu:
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609159] CPU    0: hi:  155, btch:  38 
usd:  34
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609161] CPU    1: hi:  155, btch:  38 
usd: 125
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609162] HighMem per-cpu:
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609164] CPU    0: hi:  155, btch:  38 
usd:  27
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609166] CPU    1: hi:  155, btch:  38 
usd:  11
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609170] active_anon:130673 
inactive_anon:43799 isolated_anon:48
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609171]  active_file:69994 
inactive_file:114046 isolated_file:0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609172]  unevictable:8 dirty:36 
writeback:0 unstable:0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609173]  free:46836 
slab_reclaimable:25018 slab_unreclaimable:2516
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609174]  mapped:12605 shmem:7770 
pagetables:0 bounce:0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609180] DMA free:2880kB min:76kB low:92kB 
high:112kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:5064kB 
inactive_file:112kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB 
present:16256kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:0kB shmem:0kB 
slab_reclaimable:140kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB 
unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609184] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 696 1710 1710
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609191] Normal free:144196kB min:3336kB 
low:4168kB high:5004kB active_anon:45808kB inactive_anon:11704kB 
active_file:193280kB inactive_file:178152kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB 
isolated(file):0kB present:713224kB mlocked:0kB dirty:56kB writeback:0kB 
mapped:7844kB shmem:7824kB slab_reclaimable:99932kB slab_unreclaimable:10064kB 
kernel_stack:1360kB pagetables:0kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB 
pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609196] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 8111 8111
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609203] HighMem free:40268kB min:512kB 
low:1724kB high:2940kB active_anon:476884kB inactive_anon:163684kB 
active_file:81632kB inactive_file:277920kB unevictable:32kB isolated(anon):0kB 
isolated(file):0kB present:1038292kB mlocked:32kB dirty:88kB writeback:0kB 
mapped:42576kB shmem:23256kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB 
kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB 
pages_scanned:48 all_unreclaimable? no
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609207] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609211] DMA: 458*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 
0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 2880kB
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609219] Normal: 16083*4kB 5465*8kB 
1009*16kB 457*32kB 82*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 
144196kB

Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609227] HighMem: 211*4kB 88*8kB 1554*16kB 
407*32kB 7*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 40268kB
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609236] 194330 total pagecache pages
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609238] 2520 pages in swap cache
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609240] Swap cache stats: add 2222885, 
delete 2220365, find 14893866/14933489
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609242] Free swap  = 856824kB
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.609243] Total swap = 917496kB
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.615308] 447488 pages RAM
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.615311] 263682 pages HighMem
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.615312] 10446 pages reserved
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.615313] 244645 pages shared
Sep 27 07:39:19 web3 kernel: [2909159.615315] 279978 pages non-shared

I can't tell for certain if these errors cause any problem, but we are
seeing performance issues on these machines and I want to clear this up
before digging too much further.

Similar errors have been reported online related to network drivers
(iwlan/madwifi), and connection tracking, none of which should be
relevant based on my backtraces.

Also reported relating to EC2:
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?threadID=43939

According to this thread, similar issues have been fixed in 2.6.35:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg139488.html

Ubuntu 10.04
AMI: ami-a94d67dd
Manifest: 
099720109477/ebs/ubuntu-images/ubuntu-lucid-10.04-i386-server-20100427.1
AKI: aki-c34d67b7

This particular instance is a c1.medium.

c...@web3:~$ uname -a
Linux web3 2.6.32-305-ec2 #9-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 15 04:14:01 UTC 2010 i686 
GNU/Linux

** Affects: linux-ec2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- page allocaiton failure on machines under heavy network load
+ page allocation failure on machines under heavy network load

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page allocation failure on machines under heavy network load
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648721
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