Re: 2.6.21-rc5: swsusp: Not enough free memory

Rafael J. Wysocki
2007-04-11T14:40:46Z

On Wednesday, 11 April 2007 12:45, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki napsal(a):
> > On Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:36, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >> Rafael J. Wysocki napsal(a):
> >>> On Monday, 9 April 2007 22:07, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >>>> I have bad news for you :(. I thought I had unpatched kernel, but it happens
> >>>> in -rc6 too.
> >>> I guess you mean you're still seeing the 'not enough memory to suspend'
> >>> problem?
> >> Yes:
> >> Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
> >> kvm: disabling virtualization on CPU1
> >> Breaking affinity for irq 9
> >> CPU 1 is now offline
> >> SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
> >> CPU1 is down
> >> swsusp: critical section:
> >> swsusp: Need to copy 158309 pages
> >> swsusp: Not enough free memory
> >> Error -12 suspending
> >> Enabling non-boot CPUs ...
> >> SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
> >> Booting processor 1/2 APIC 0x1
> >> Initializing CPU#1
> >
> > How reproducible is it? I'm going to try to reproduce it on one of my boxes.
>
> My tip is one of three cases: after some work on fresh boot -- some
> consumers such as thunderbird, firefox, 10 or so terminals with
> gnome-session. Single xterm + gnome-session semms not to be a problem.

Does the workaround with setting the image size below 1/2 of RAM work for you?

Rafael