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 13:38:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:38:13 -0400 Received: from [209.250.58.175] ([209.250.58.175]:8196 "EHLO hapablap.dyn.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:37:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:37:36 -0500 From: Steven Walter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Odd __alloc_pages failure in 2.4.9 Message-ID: <20010825123736.A709@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> Mail-Followup-To: Steven Walter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010825113344.A528@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010825113344.A528@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org>; from srwalter@yahoo.com on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 11:33:44AM -0500 X-Uptime: 12:36pm up 5 min, 0 users, load average: 1.08, 0.87, 0.40 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hmm... I just recompiled with gcc 2.95.3, and now it works. The kernel had been compiled with gcc 3.0; guess its a compiler bug. I'll look into this more and see if I can't file a formal gcc bugreport. On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 11:33:44AM -0500, Steven Walter wrote: > 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 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- -Steven In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell