From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:34:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:34:00 -0400 Received: from [209.250.60.228] ([209.250.60.228]:12804 "EHLO hapablap.dyn.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:33:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 11:33:44 -0500 From: Steven Walter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Odd __alloc_pages failure in 2.4.9 Message-ID: <20010825113344.A528@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> Mail-Followup-To: Steven Walter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Uptime: 11:24am up 6 min, 0 users, load average: 2.43, 1.08, 0.44 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Running kernel 2.4.9, if I start xcdroast 0.98alpha9 as an ordinary user, the system seems to freeze indefinitely. If I start it as root, however, the system only freeze for 2-3 seconds. After this time, if I check dmesg, I get a slew of __alloc_pages failures, even 0-order failures. Being unable to diagnose the complete lockup in the user case any better, I assume that this is what's happening there, too, only indefinitely. The system is an AMD Thunderbird 900MHz with 2 IDE CD-ROM drives, both use ide-scsi. One is a burner, the other is a DVD-ROM drive. I'll try and get a backtrace of whats happening during the lockup later when I can hook up my serial console. -- -Steven In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell