From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264782AbUGSHwi (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:52:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264791AbUGSHwh (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:52:37 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:3471 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264782AbUGSHwg (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jul 2004 03:52:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:52:35 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Nick Piggin Cc: Klaus Dittrich , linux mailing-list Subject: Re: rsync out of memory 2.6.8-rc2 Message-ID: <20040719075235.GA10070@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Nick Piggin , Klaus Dittrich , linux mailing-list References: <20040718215201.GA840@xeon2.local.here> <40FB7CC9.4060302@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40FB7CC9.4060302@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:48:25PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > Klaus Dittrich wrote: > >rsync-2.6.2 of a large disc using 2.6.8-rc2 (I also tried 2.6.7-bk14) > >stops with "kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process xxxx" messages > >during filelist gathering. > > > >When this happens only 1.4 GB out of 2 GB RAM and no swap is used. > > > >No problems with kernel 2.6.7. > >(Peak RAM usage during filelist gathering was 1.8 GB, no swap) > > > > Hi Klaus, > What arguments are you running rsync with? Also, how many files, and > how large are they? And can you show the output of 'vmstat 1' during rsync? This is the second report of linux 2.6.8-rc? eating all memory, btw. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO