Problems with amd64 on "big" boxes in oom situations

[Michael Renner <michael.renner@geizhals.at>]

Hi,

I've got a 8x dual core opteron server with 64 gb ram which reproducible 
locks up when it gets into an OOM situation. The traces for 2.6.14 and 
2.6.15-rc2 can be found at: http://666kb.com/i/10yom358azw8w.jpg , 
http://666kb.com/i/10yov42ydfdog.jpg .

Used .config: http://phpfi.com/88428

There were 1+16 (forked) processes, each starting with a base memory 
usage of 3.1 gb (maybe CoW, can't say), slowly growing while they ran, 
each utilizing a processor/core very thoroughly. Eventually the 
available memory was used up and the machine locked up shortly afterwards.

Any ideas?

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best regards,
  Michael Renner - Network services

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