Re: iwlagn: order 2 page allocation failures

Frans Pop
2009-09-16T14:36:21Z

On Wednesday 09 September 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 September 2009, you wrote:
> > The problem with this theory is that the patches have been in since
> > Nov 2008 but reports are only showing up now. Frans, how sure are you
> > that this is a recent problem? Is it readily reproducible?
>
> The only thing I can say here is that I've never seen the issue before
> (and thanks to logcheck I certainly would have).
> The laptop is in constant use, but I rarely stress the memory like that.
> Swap is almost always at 0.

JFYI, it happened again yesterday.
The first time it was swapper, here it's kcryptd. The top part of the
trace is the same.

kcryptd: page allocation failure. order:2, mode:0x4020
Pid: 1347, comm: kcryptd Not tainted 2.6.31-rc9 #16
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff810790b0>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x542/0x58a
[<ffffffff81256a62>] ? _spin_unlock+0x9/0xb
[<ffffffff811da481>] ? __alloc_skb+0x3c/0x15b
[<ffffffffa0355644>] ? iwl_rx_allocate+0xac/0x208 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffff81079153>] __get_free_pages+0x12/0x41
[<ffffffff810982c5>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x3b/0xec
[<ffffffff811da4ab>] __alloc_skb+0x66/0x15b
[<ffffffffa0355644>] iwl_rx_allocate+0xac/0x208 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffffa03557b6>] iwl_rx_replenish_now+0x16/0x23 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffffa037c8e3>] iwl_rx_handle+0x356/0x39a [iwlagn]
[<ffffffffa00212a2>] ? scsi_io_completion+0x3a8/0x3d1 [scsi_mod]
[<ffffffffa037ce27>] iwl_irq_tasklet_legacy+0x500/0x74f [iwlagn]
[<ffffffffa001a81b>] ? scsi_finish_command+0xec/0xf5 [scsi_mod]
[<ffffffff8103dff0>] tasklet_action+0x71/0xbc
[<ffffffff8103e877>] __do_softirq+0x9b/0x12c
[<ffffffff8100cb7c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
[<ffffffff8100e694>] do_softirq+0x34/0x72
[<ffffffff8103e601>] irq_exit+0x3f/0x79
[<ffffffff8100dd95>] do_IRQ+0xa3/0xba
[<ffffffff8100c413>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
<EOI> [<ffffffffa01fb5b8>] ? enc128+0x243/0x80b [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffffa01fc72b>] ? aes_encrypt+0xd/0xf [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffffa01e92b6>] ? crypto_cbc_encrypt+0x12c/0x18e [cbc]
[<ffffffff81078c9b>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x12d/0x58a
[<ffffffffa01fc71e>] ? aes_encrypt+0x0/0xf [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffff81113ea0>] ? async_encrypt+0x38/0x3a
[<ffffffff81075a94>] ? mempool_alloc+0x5b/0x113
[<ffffffffa01c5b53>] ? crypt_convert+0x1f9/0x278 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffffa01c5ff5>] ? kcryptd_crypt+0x423/0x449 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffffa01c5bd2>] ? kcryptd_crypt+0x0/0x449 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffff81048bc5>] ? worker_thread+0x132/0x1ca
[<ffffffff8104c647>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
[<ffffffff81048a93>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1ca
[<ffffffff8104c325>] ? kthread+0x8f/0x97
[<ffffffff8100ca7a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
[<ffffffff8104c296>] ? kthread+0x0/0x97
[<ffffffff8100ca70>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
Mem-Info:
DMA per-cpu:
CPU 0: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
CPU 1: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
DMA32 per-cpu:
CPU 0: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 172
CPU 1: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 163
Active_anon:278449 active_file:18846 inactive_anon:93192
inactive_file:18343 unevictable:407 dirty:0 writeback:7726 unstable:0
free:25175 slab:10409 mapped:34634 pagetables:4385 bounce:0
DMA free:7924kB min:40kB low:48kB high:60kB active_anon:2220kB inactive_anon:2464kB
active_file:1084kB inactive_file:1608kB unevictable:0kB present:15336kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 1976 1976 1976
DMA32 free:92776kB min:5664kB low:7080kB high:8496kB active_anon:1111448kB inactive_anon:370432kB
active_file:74300kB inactive_file:71764kB unevictable:1628kB present:2023748kB pages_scanned:32
all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA: 63*4kB 59*8kB 26*16kB 34*32kB 23*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 1*4096kB = 7924kB
DMA32: 18882*4kB 2076*8kB 10*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 92776kB
82554 total pagecache pages
44961 pages in swap cache
Swap cache stats: add 160004, delete 115046, find 2431510/2434120
Free swap = 1549576kB
Total swap = 2097144kB
518064 pages RAM
10323 pages reserved
117029 pages shared
398165 pages non-shared
iwlagn 0000:10:00.0: Can not allocate SKB buffers
kcryptd: page allocation failure. order:2, mode:0x4020
Pid: 1347, comm: kcryptd Not tainted 2.6.31-rc9 #16
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff810790b0>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x542/0x58a
[<ffffffff81256a62>] ? _spin_unlock+0x9/0xb
[<ffffffff811da481>] ? __alloc_skb+0x3c/0x15b
[<ffffffffa0355644>] ? iwl_rx_allocate+0xac/0x208 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffff81079153>] __get_free_pages+0x12/0x41
[<ffffffff810982c5>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x3b/0xec
[<ffffffff811da4ab>] __alloc_skb+0x66/0x15b
[<ffffffffa0355644>] iwl_rx_allocate+0xac/0x208 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffffa03557b6>] iwl_rx_replenish_now+0x16/0x23 [iwlcore]
[<ffffffffa037c90e>] iwl_rx_handle+0x381/0x39a [iwlagn]
[<ffffffffa00212a2>] ? scsi_io_completion+0x3a8/0x3d1 [scsi_mod]
[<ffffffffa037ce27>] iwl_irq_tasklet_legacy+0x500/0x74f [iwlagn]
[<ffffffffa001a81b>] ? scsi_finish_command+0xec/0xf5 [scsi_mod]
[<ffffffff8103dff0>] tasklet_action+0x71/0xbc
[<ffffffff8103e877>] __do_softirq+0x9b/0x12c
[<ffffffff8100cb7c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
[<ffffffff8100e694>] do_softirq+0x34/0x72
[<ffffffff8103e601>] irq_exit+0x3f/0x79
[<ffffffff8100dd95>] do_IRQ+0xa3/0xba
[<ffffffff8100c413>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
<EOI> [<ffffffffa01fb5b8>] ? enc128+0x243/0x80b [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffffa01fc72b>] ? aes_encrypt+0xd/0xf [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffffa01e92b6>] ? crypto_cbc_encrypt+0x12c/0x18e [cbc]
[<ffffffff81078c9b>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x12d/0x58a
[<ffffffffa01fc71e>] ? aes_encrypt+0x0/0xf [aes_x86_64]
[<ffffffff81113ea0>] ? async_encrypt+0x38/0x3a
[<ffffffff81075a94>] ? mempool_alloc+0x5b/0x113
[<ffffffffa01c5b53>] ? crypt_convert+0x1f9/0x278 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffffa01c5ff5>] ? kcryptd_crypt+0x423/0x449 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffffa01c5bd2>] ? kcryptd_crypt+0x0/0x449 [dm_crypt]
[<ffffffff81048bc5>] ? worker_thread+0x132/0x1ca
[<ffffffff8104c647>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x38
[<ffffffff81048a93>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1ca
[<ffffffff8104c325>] ? kthread+0x8f/0x97
[<ffffffff8100ca7a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
[<ffffffff8104c296>] ? kthread+0x0/0x97
[<ffffffff8100ca70>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
Mem-Info:
DMA per-cpu:
CPU 0: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
CPU 1: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0
DMA32 per-cpu:
CPU 0: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 172
CPU 1: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 173
Active_anon:277951 active_file:18714 inactive_anon:93068
inactive_file:18252 unevictable:407 dirty:0 writeback:7726 unstable:0
free:25861 slab:10409 mapped:34634 pagetables:4385 bounce:0
DMA free:7924kB min:40kB low:48kB high:60kB active_anon:2220kB inactive_anon:2464kB
active_file:1084kB inactive_file:1608kB unevictable:0kB present:15336kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 1976 1976 1976
DMA32 free:95520kB min:5664kB low:7080kB high:8496kB active_anon:1109584kB inactive_anon:369808kB
active_file:73772kB inactive_file:71400kB unevictable:1628kB present:2023748kB pages_scanned:66
all_unreclaimable? no
lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
DMA: 63*4kB 59*8kB 26*16kB 34*32kB 23*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 1*4096kB = 7924kB
DMA32: 19178*4kB 2285*8kB 3*16kB 1*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 95520kB
81717 total pagecache pages
44349 pages in swap cache
Swap cache stats: add 160008, delete 115659, find 2431510/2434120
Free swap = 1549560kB
Total swap = 2097144kB
518064 pages RAM
10323 pages reserved
117031 pages shared
398265 pages non-shared
iwlagn 0000:10:00.0: Can not allocate SKB buffers