From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: [Bug #13665] commit 69c854817566 causes OOMs Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:25:50 -0400 Message-ID: <200907070025.51256.gene.heskett@verizon.net> References: <35kKlbXMqWN.A.RXD.D0oUKB@chimera> <20090707130450.cb14f7b9.minchan.kim@barrios-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <20090707130450.cb14f7b9.minchan.kim@barrios-desktop> Content-disposition: inline Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Minchan Kim Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , David Howells , Wu Fengguang , Rik van Riel On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Minchan Kim wrote: >On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 02:01:03 +0200 (CEST) > >"Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: >> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report >> of recent regressions. >> >> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions >> from 2.6.30. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know >> (either way). > >It should be listed. > >I think it is caused by forking process bomb by msgctl11 on LTP. >We can refer old > discussion(http://osdir.com/ml/linux-kernel/2009-07/msg00926.html) > >I think this issue can be solved by >dynamic reclaim throttling patch which is making by Rik. > >After he merges it, Let's test again. > >> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13665 >> Subject : commit 69c854817566 causes OOMs >> Submitter : David Howells >> Date : 2009-06-27 08:12 (10 days old) >> First-Bad-Commit: >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit; >>h=69c854817566db82c362797b4a6521d0b00fe1d8 References : >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/27/28 >> Handled-By : Wu Fengguang >> Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32740/ If I can chime in here, I just had to reboot from 2.6.31-rc2 for the 2nd time in about 24 hours cuz the oom killer killed it. Back on 2.6.30.1 ATM for effects. I have a previous post with traces etc. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. -- Oscar Wilde